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Re: Re: NAS recommendations? - was 'Watchdog software?'


  • Subject: Re: Re: NAS recommendations? - was 'Watchdog software?'
  • From: Jon Payne <jgpayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 08:34:43 +0000 (GMT)

No - not a Geode.

I recently priced up an ebuyer "upgrade" for my server at ~=A3160
 for a ne=
w AM2 motherboard, 2GB of memory and an energy efficient Athlon X2. You
can=
get a complete system with 1 x HDD running for ~50W.. Compared with my cur=
rent server which is a Ahtlon XP 2400, and admittedly with 3 x HDD, takes
1=
50W.

----- Original Message ----
From: lexfordparc <paul@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 30 April, 2007 5:32:39 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: NAS recommendations? - was 'Watchdog software?'


Is that the AMD Geode CPU? Is the power output for the CPU or the=20
entire motherboard and hard-disk?

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Marcus Warrington=20
<marcus.warrington@...> wrote:
>
> 50W - 30W ... that doesn't particularly low to me... I can buy a
AMD=20
EE SSF 2.4ghz that allegedly only uses 34W (idle) and has a hell of a=20
lot more punch.
>=20
> Given those sort of figures I'd be better off simply upgrading the=20
server.
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> Marcus










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