Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:03:48 -0600 (CST) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "RW" <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? Message-ID: <47689.128.135.70.2.1415657028.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20141110204338.6bd3da4c@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <CANnsUMFp%2BrQkQbd7j8DPBSFqyB75SAQ_brp8g-NH14Q=RhK=YQ@mail.gmail.com> <20141110180538.GC25482@ws1> <CANnsUMF4BqcjrtB9QUJp=W=__FuaHcqrGkYNJrooz9pQJJyhJQ@mail.gmail.com> <44ioimooft.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20141110204338.6bd3da4c@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mon, November 10, 2014 2:43 pm, RW wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:17:26 -0500 > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> writes: >> >> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Colin Barnabas >> > <colin.barnabas@gmail.com> 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). > Just to add other options... I used these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102002 (but it is like barebone, you will need to add memory, mSATA SSD as storage to it, and you can add Wireless card as well). Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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