On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 01:51:34PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:03 AM, John Long <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sun Fire servers are cheap to buy but not to run. A V210 is a 1U box and > > with dual 1.35 CPUs it is fast enough for desktop use. It's not something > > most people with families or without a flightline headset are going to want > > sitting next to their desk though and you will need some air conditioning. > > Could you clarify this? > > http://www.andovercg.com/datasheets/sun-fire-v210-server.pdf > > Suggests that we're talking 320 watts, and 7.3 db acoustic noise.
The power figure is correct but I guess the noise must be 73 db? I would guess the average power consumption of a V210 would be higher than that of your P4 but I haven't tested it. /jl -- ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) Powered by Lemote Fuloong against HTML e-mail X Loongson MIPS and OpenBSD and proprietary / \ http://www.mutt.org attachments / \ Code Blue or Go Home! Encrypted email preferred PGP Key 2048R/DA65BC04
