<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">Steve Romanow wrote:<br>
> Benjamin Flanders wrote:<br>
>> My server at home exploded this morning. Pretty sure it was the power<br>
>> supply, but I just unplugged it and went to work so I'll know more<br>
>> when I get a chance to look at it. Exploded is a bit of an<br>
>> exaggeration. It went pop, loud enough for me to hear it from one<br>
>> floor away, and died.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyway the question is would a net-top be powerful enough to setup as<br>
>> a file and media server. I had plans on setting up Apache as well,<br>
>> but I hadn't around to it yet. I used sockso, but I might setup a<br>
>> more powerful media server in the future when/if I setup an<br>
>> entertainment PC next to the tv.<br>
>><br>
>> Those small, power sippin' little boxes really look appealing as<br>
>> compared to what I did have, which was a full mini-tower scrapped<br>
>> together with the remains of past desktops. I would put ubuntu server<br>
>> on it, I wouldn't need X. How powerful are those little atom chips?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> I personally think it is worth it. There is one web mention on a blog I<br>
> frequent that someone mentioned doing the same. Let me see, umm. The<br>
> byobu dev mentioned setting up a dell mini9 at his parents as a little<br>
> server.<br>
><br>
> I think the machine would be fine for serving up existing files, but I<br>
> would draw the line at any transcoding.<br>
><br>
> The Radio Shack on 28th has a couple of models for ~350 and abc<br>
> warehouse had the HP model in their sale paper last month for 200 I<br>
> think. Worth a shot.<br>
<br>
</div></div>There's a small computer shop on the corner of Ivanrest and 28th st<br>
that's selling tiny refurbished DeskPros with 2.4GHz P4 processors for<br>
$125 apiece. Might be worth looking into. I couldn't tell you what<br>
their power consumption is, off-hand. They might be willing to cut a<br>
deal if you ordered several of them without an operating system; They<br>
might be able to take those keys and use them on something else.<br>
<div><div></div> </div></blockquote><div>I think some of the P4's consumed<br>125W. Maybe the special edition ones.<br>But the clock speeds are high, and they<br>eat power. At $125 one could use some<br>of the savings to give to the power company...<br>
<br>One could get or borrow a Kill-A-Watt and<br>take it along. Cyberguys carries them.<br><br> -- Bob<br><br> </div></div>