From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 20:43:46 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF61DD34 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22c.google.com (mail-wg0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DE8897F for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f44.google.com with SMTP id x12so9971725wgg.3 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:43:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=P/n1RiMf+Pj7lTEvN1a4Yx9BmaIne1B0EWInN7hBxRs=; b=Ucym9hEL/jBf56srDbgTvx71m9c1pm3uGeVdoQEBPjzSFumfdHQxtgkOCdWxMsh6g2 UAhLLi8HWPSU0JeKYE+JnushSuk3kM4HPbW9UwrF5HLJJ0Y4WMCW4VQsYgWKG+IC2aIp R+6/2hTh4O8rLDIrRPUces2dgHZPH9/+8yMpAiX4CPGgDapESiOQ7OR3RxEn5MEAFT/r cbkDhyoRsM+XOhJomIkD7dz35TsepbsyO86WclgEe6tMuyJPqzjr8JlvD/nAuxhfNUOR wEiypM5vEHn5oxhTGHKwkLNPIERlVEys7DmagI9MLzbCVRTakC0b6/AVMnXo7sG3TmA4 rjGA== X-Received: by 10.180.96.10 with SMTP id do10mr34431140wib.16.1415652223594; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:43:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bcdc819a.skybroadband.com. [188.220.129.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m6sm14771515wiy.16.2014.11.10.12.43.42 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:43:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:38 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? Message-ID: <20141110204338.6bd3da4c@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <44ioimooft.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <20141110180538.GC25482@ws1> <44ioimooft.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.0 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:46 -0000 On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:17:26 -0500 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Chris Maness writes: > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Colin Barnabas > > wrote: > > > >> The Raspberry Pi B+ would be hard to beat in terms of power > >> consumption (500 mAh). Could comfortably run a web or file server > >> (512 MB RAM) for a home > >> business. Not sure on the state of FBSD ARM though, if you're > >> intent on running FBSD on the thing. > >> > >> http://www.adafruit.com/product/1914 > >> > >> > > I thought of that for a Linux server running JNOS, but I think I had > > something more traditional in mind, so I could just restore the > > dumps of the old server, and be up and running in short order. I > > am currently working on my masters in physics, and spare time is in > > short supply. > > Keeping a drive running dwarfs the power consumption of a small > motherboard anyway. I would switch to an SSD for my own home server, The system would have to be *very* low power for that to be true. A typical 2.5 inch drive intended for laptops uses about 0.7W just spinning and <3W in constant use. Most home servers spend most of their time idle, so even a desktop drive can average about 4W (even without allowing it to spin down).