OT: Lowest-power small server solutions

[jpero at sympatico.ca]

> At 8:56 AM -0800 11/1/05, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> >I'm wondering if something a little less power-hungry might be preferable,
> >however.  Are there any low-power alternatives for the job that anyone can
> >recommend?
> 
> A VIA Mini-ITX system is the best choice, they might not have a lot 
> of CPU power, but it's hard to beat them on power consumption.  A 
> good second choice would probably be a Pentium M based system 
> (they're starting to become available in something other than 
> laptops).
> 
> At 12:45 PM -0500 11/1/05, Paul Koning wrote:
> >How about an old laptop?   UPS built-in... :-)
> 
> I'd be concerned with reliability.  This is something that has to run 24x7.
> 
> Jules Richardson wrote:
> >Would an offering from one of the various UNIX vendors be a 
> >possibility? Sun / SGI / HP or something? I'm thinking that getting 
> >away from any kind of Intel CPU would be a good place to start, plus 
> >of course you don't need any kind of framebuffer then either (unlike 
> >a PC) and can just use a serial console on the (very rare) 
> >occassions when you'd need to be physically at the machine.
> 
> Do any of them offer anything that is low power?  As for not needing 
> any kind of framebuffer, under OpenBSD I don't really need it with 
> the HP Pentium III system I'm using.  Though it was a bit worrisome 
> the other night when there was nothing on the console and it took 
> forever to come up (it was fsck'ing the disk as the power had gone 
> out).
> 
> Noise is the real reason I'm using the Pentium III, it's a *LOT* 
> quieter than the SparcServer 5/110 that I was using.  The Sparc was 
> louder than the two 3-drive JBOD boxes running 10k RPM SCSI drives 
> sitting above it (they're hooked to an OpenVMS server).
> 
> 		Zane

ITX by VIA is GOOD.  Get everything to start off on one board except 
memory, drive(s), case and power supply.

Remember, ITX mounting points and ATX power supply plug are same for 
microATX, ATX cases so use one locally and put ITX in it.

Alteratively, any PIII socket 370 running 133 bus have some spunk.
PIII 533/133 cpu is 14W.  Cooler than a Pentium 233mmx that rated at 
17W.

There is a link that details many CPUs for power consumpation 
ratings, warning: it is a looong web, all text, no graphics, give it 
a minute to load.

http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm

Cheers, Wizard