"Rick F." wrote in message
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On 2007-04-24, Phil wrote:

Two supplies will increase the current, but only slightly. The
additional
fan of the added supply consumes the most extra power but that's not
much,
the electronics will not consume enough to talk about. Jez T is correct
in
that the server load will be divided equally between the two supplies so
the
total power consumption of the server "proper" remains the same. Bottom
line, you are adding one low current fan to the mix, not much for the
added
security.

Sounds good..

If you are concerned with power consumption, the single largest
consumption
of power that can be modified will be the CPU's. Chop it from four down
to
two and save a bunch. Remember, should you remove a cpu or two you have
to
install/plug in a terminator in it's place, Also be sure to unplug both
power cords before removing or installing them.

I was just curious how the redundancy worked more or less.. I realize that
I'm
probably paying around $40/mo to run this thing if my poor math is
correct..
We're about to start a remodel and I may either need to relocate this
darned
server to somewhere else for 4-6 months or shut it down completely during
the remodel.. I think my brother may be able to shove it somewhere in his
garage and get network access via wifi, but I'm not sure if I want to do
that
or not.. I looked into taking it to a local place that does on-site
hosting
so I could plug it into their network and power but it was going to cost
about
$600/mo.. Sheesh.. No thanks! If I disable the server than I guess I'll
have
to forward all email,etc.. What a pain..

Oh, I never heard any more from you on those 4200/4300 enclosures. I'm
getting ready to put a bunch of them (all flavors) on Ebay.

At this point, I'm in no hurry and will likely just wait for a while until
after
the remodel to do this.. Thanks for reminding me though..

Rick,
40 is rather high unless you have every option that can be had. If it is 4
cpu, and in your case you don't need them, remove two cpu's and insert
terminators in their place and power cost is usually 17ish a month average.
That 6400 pulls a little less than the DL580 even with 4 gig of ram. That
unit will also run on 1 cpu for even more savings.
I may have terminators if you need them.
Phil