Re: Re: Cheap UPS at Ebuyer

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It bobs about a bit, between 60W and 80w but  both the UPS and Maplins
plug-in power meter both report pretty much the same.
The server  was built to run on as little juice as possible... :)

Lee

Andy Whitfield wrote:

>
>
> 65Watts sounds rather low for a server.
> Did you measure it?  Or are you going by what the UPS indicates
> through Powerchute?
> UPSs don't always indicate the correct load.
> Andy
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, LeeUKHA <mailinglists@v...> wrote:
> > Well, the APC UPS on My Little Server (TM), is a 500VA one. With
a
> 2GHz
> > Athlon, 512M RAM, 1 hard drive, no DVD/CD, no keyboard, no mouse,
> no
> > monitor, onboard VGA low performance graphics and NO MONITOR, it
> draws
> > about 65W on average and the runtime is about 29mins.
> >
> > I'm guessing that big CPUs, big graphics, and monitors are going
to
> > treble or quadruple the wattage and the runtime will drop
> accordingly.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> > Dean Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Any rule of thumb for how long 650VA is likely to give for
> a "decent"
> > > PC....
> > >   i.e. P4 3.2,  Nividia 6800GT, 1 x HDD + 17" TFT
> > >
> > >   is the 15 mins realistic - or is it more likely to be 2/3
> mins ? Not
> > > going
> > > to be playing HL2 when the powers gone, but be nice if it
wasnt a
> complete
> > > panic ;-)
> > >
> > >   Think the server may get one of the 1200VA for £45
delivered.
> > >
> > >   Dean
> > >
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