[SATLUG] Electrical usage of servers

[Alex Bartonek]

on thinkgeek.com they have a device that can tell you
how much your appliance uses..

--- Jeremy Mann <jeremymann at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious if anybody on SATLUG or XCSSA has done,
> or has found, electrical
> usage tests between different types of CPUs. For
> example, does a P3-500 use
> more or less electricity than a P4 2.4Ghz, and vice
> versa? My question stems
> from me wanting to use less electricity and move
> towards solar power. I have
> a server (the P4) which is on constantly in my
> computer room. I also have a
> P3-500 not in use which could be used in its place.
> The server only does a
> few things like SSH, web, Torrent  Flux, DVD
> burning, file server, XBMC
> streaming to my Xbox, and a security webcam, so I'm
> sure the 500 could
> handle it.
> 
> The other possibility would be to move everything
> over to a dedicated brick,
> like the Linksys "slug", but I don't know if the
> processor could handle the
> XBMC streaming protocol.
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
> 
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> Jeremy
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