some ruminations on saving money, power, etc.

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
...
> The server can't and shouldn't sleep, but maybe I could replace
> it with a lower-power part. Currently, it's an Athlon 3500
> (single core) with 1.5GB RAM, a 2 disk RAID mirror and an
> external USB disk for backup.
>
> It looks like an Atom D510 is roughly comparable to the Athlon
> in performance, and would reduce power usage about 50W, counting
> the required new motherboard and RAM.

You sure about that?

http://sandeen.net/wordpress/?p=297

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