Re: Power supply efficiency on older model Sun equipment
Peter Clark <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:44, Henry Nelson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:18:56PM -0300, D G Teed wrote:
>>
>> The Intel or AMD solution is cheap, adequate for home
>> server loads, and light on the power bill,
>
> I moved my two servers from SparcStation5s to Intel PentIIIs two
> years ago. The electric bill did go down noticably.
Until last summer, I ran an Ultra Enterprise 3000 in the basement - 2
UltraSparc 2 processors in summer, 6 in winter. When I turned it off,
the basement got quite a bit cooler in the wintertime, and the power
bill indeed got noticeably smaller.
best,
Pete