Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:38 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? Message-ID: <20141110204338.6bd3da4c@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <44ioimooft.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <CANnsUMFp%2BrQkQbd7j8DPBSFqyB75SAQ_brp8g-NH14Q=RhK=YQ@mail.gmail.com> <20141110180538.GC25482@ws1> <CANnsUMF4BqcjrtB9QUJp=W=__FuaHcqrGkYNJrooz9pQJJyhJQ@mail.gmail.com> <44ioimooft.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:17:26 -0500 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> writes: > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Colin Barnabas > > <colin.barnabas@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> The Raspberry Pi B+ would be hard to beat in terms of power > >> consumption (500 mAh). Could comfortably run a web or file server > >> (512 MB RAM) for a home > >> business. Not sure on the state of FBSD ARM though, if you're > >> intent on running FBSD on the thing. > >> > >> http://www.adafruit.com/product/1914 > >> > >> > > I thought of that for a Linux server running JNOS, but I think I had > > something more traditional in mind, so I could just restore the > > dumps of the old server, and be up and running in short order. I > > am currently working on my masters in physics, and spare time is in > > short supply. > > Keeping a drive running dwarfs the power consumption of a small > motherboard anyway. I would switch to an SSD for my own home server, The system would have to be *very* low power for that to be true. A typical 2.5 inch drive intended for laptops uses about 0.7W just spinning and <3W in constant use. Most home servers spend most of their time idle, so even a desktop drive can average about 4W (even without allowing it to spin down).
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