hi - at home our server we call green. it's not low power. but it is 100% recycled from someone who didn't want it... it's a P2 mobo with a P3 XU02 SLOT.... it consumes about 28W while under normal net usage. it has 2 HDD's a 20GB 'low' consumption laptop drive - adapted for the 3.5" bay, and an external 320GB disk in an enclosure. i rigged the power for that to slave from the PSU and that uses less power than while using it's own PSU. we also have a program/system that runs and optimizes the drives on time (uses scripting, active directory and IIS i think). so it turns off if no one is logged on or if it isn't used for some time. backup's are still a problem so will have to add that support soon.
i think the new drives are just a new step on the ladder for hard drives. the power consumption is always going to fall as it's a demand of customers and the new technology available. i would say just another marketing con - like HD TV - to the end user like myself, probably no difference than the 'green' label... i'ld rather increase my carbon offset or buy a few solar panels than invest in one of these drives. Ricardo Reis wrote: > > Hi > > I thought in this days of heat and eco fashion a trend is set to get in > the green wagon. Anyone care to comment about his new WD hardrive? > > > http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/02/wd-greenpower-energy-efficient-hard-drives/ > > > greets!, > > Ricardo Reis > > 'Non Serviam' > > PhD student @ Lasef > Computational Fluid Dynamics, High Performance Computing, Turbulence > <http://www.lasef.ist.utl.pt> > > & > > Cultural Instigator @ Rádio Zero > http://radio.ist.utl.pt > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
