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Re: Modern Home Servers - Power Savings
- Subject: Re: Modern Home Servers - Power Savings
- From: "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:12:58 -0000
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...> wrote:
>
> =A3295 a year is quite a lot of money to be spending on running a=20
server ...
> it's about 80p (or 10kw) a day.
Yeah, that seems high...
according to the wee Maplin power meter, my server takes 145W -=20
pretty chunky.=20
This calculator: http://www.ukpower.co.uk/running-costs-elec.asp=20
makes that =A39.50 a month, or =A3114 a year.
I reckon it's the disc that takes the most power - where a NAS (or=20
WHS) would really gain is if it can intelligently spin down discs etc=20
as they became idle..
I.
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