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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple Mac Mini?
I was looking for a server to use as a DNS appliance on a network, and I
wanted to find one that uses a minimum amount of energy. I stumbled on the Apple Mac Mini. Somehow they have this server working at 15 watts (!) when not in active use, and during full power on activity the server is only using 85 watts. It uses an Intel Core Duo 2. Part of their energy saving strategy is the aluminum case, which acts as a passive heat sink and avoids the need to run the cooling fan nearly as hard as it would in a plastic case. My question is has any vendor for a Windows-OS server come up with a *server* product that is equally energy efficient? Most of the so-called energy efficient servers I am seeing through Dell and HP are using 200 to 300 watts. The units that they offer that have significant energy sparing features are all toyish client computers. What are the most energy efficient Intel-based Windows-OS servers in today's market? I'm okay with running slower processors. A DNS server with a 1.8 GHz CPU is overkill already. -- W |
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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple Mac Mini?
On Nov 13, 8:42*pm, "W" wrote:
I was looking for a server to use as a DNS appliance on a network, and I wanted to find one that uses a minimum amount of energy. * I stumbled on the Apple Mac Mini. * Somehow they have this server working at 15 watts (!) when not in active use, and during full power on activity the server is only using 85 watts. * It uses an Intel Core Duo 2. * Part of their energy saving strategy is the aluminum case, which acts as a passive heat sink and avoids the need to run the cooling fan nearly as hard as it would in a plastic case. * My question is has any vendor for a Windows-OS server come up with a *server* product that is equally energy efficient? * * Most of the so-called energy efficient servers I am seeing through Dell and HP are using 200 to 300 watts. * The units that they offer that have significant energy sparing features are all toyish client computers. * * What are the most energy efficient Intel-based Windows-OS servers in today's market? I'm okay with running slower processors. * A DNS server with a 1.8 GHz CPU is overkill already. Try a Viglen MPC-L or similar. It's not at all fast but I think it's rated at something like 8 watts. Last time I looked there were others of the same spec (I think Viglen just put there badge on someone else's unit) but not nearly the same price. James |
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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple Mac Mini?
That Viglen is using a Geode processor. If you want Ubuntu, that's a nice
solution. But if you want Wintel and Windows, that is not going to work. If I decide to go the UNIX route, I would certainly go for the Mac Mini. The GUI is fantastic, and you have to believe at this point that Apple is a survivor that is going to grow the software for that platform. -- W "James Harris" wrote in message ... On Nov 13, 8:42 pm, "W" wrote: I was looking for a server to use as a DNS appliance on a network, and I wanted to find one that uses a minimum amount of energy. I stumbled on the Apple Mac Mini. Somehow they have this server working at 15 watts (!) when not in active use, and during full power on activity the server is only using 85 watts. It uses an Intel Core Duo 2. Part of their energy saving strategy is the aluminum case, which acts as a passive heat sink and avoids the need to run the cooling fan nearly as hard as it would in a plastic case. My question is has any vendor for a Windows-OS server come up with a *server* product that is equally energy efficient? Most of the so-called energy efficient servers I am seeing through Dell and HP are using 200 to 300 watts. The units that they offer that have significant energy sparing features are all toyish client computers. What are the most energy efficient Intel-based Windows-OS servers in today's market? I'm okay with running slower processors. A DNS server with a 1.8 GHz CPU is overkill already. Try a Viglen MPC-L or similar. It's not at all fast but I think it's rated at something like 8 watts. Last time I looked there were others of the same spec (I think Viglen just put there badge on someone else's unit) but not nearly the same price. James |
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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple Mac Mini?
On Nov 14, 2:20*am, "W" wrote:
"James Harris" wrote in message ... On Nov 13, 8:42 pm, "W" wrote: I was looking for a server to use as a DNS appliance on a network, and I wanted to find one that uses a minimum amount of energy. I stumbled on the Apple Mac Mini. Somehow they have this server working at 15 watts (!) when not in active use, and during full power on activity the server is only using 85 watts. It uses an Intel Core Duo 2. Part of their energy saving strategy is the aluminum case, which acts as a passive heat sink and avoids the need to run the cooling fan nearly as hard as it would in a plastic case. My question is has any vendor for a Windows-OS server come up with a *server* product that is equally energy efficient? Most of the so-called energy efficient servers I am seeing through Dell and HP are using 200 to 300 watts. The units that they offer that have significant energy sparing features are all toyish client computers. What are the most energy efficient Intel-based Windows-OS servers in today's market? I'm okay with running slower processors. A DNS server with a 1.8 GHz CPU is overkill already. Try a Viglen MPC-L or similar. It's not at all fast but I think it's rated at something like 8 watts. Last time I looked there were others of the same spec (I think Viglen just put there badge on someone else's unit) but not nearly the same price. That Viglen is using a Geode processor. If you want Ubuntu, that's a nice solution. But if you want Wintel and Windows, that is not going to work.. Of course it can work. Where did you check? Viglen on their web site recommend Windows 7 for the box and there is at least one web site showing how to install XP on it. I referred to the Viglen as you said you "wanted to find one that uses a minimum amount of energy." Other options if you don't want the lowest power consumption: a subnotebook (effectively comes with its own UPS) such as Asus EEE or MSI Wind, mini-itx, pico-itx, Intel Atom. You'll have to research the details. James |
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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple MacMini?
W wrote:
I was looking for a server to use as a DNS appliance on a network, and I wanted to find one that uses a minimum amount of energy. I stumbled on the Apple Mac Mini. Somehow they have this server working at 15 watts (!) when not in active use, and during full power on activity the server is only using 85 watts. It uses an Intel Core Duo 2. Part of their energy saving strategy is the aluminum case, which acts as a passive heat sink and avoids the need to run the cooling fan nearly as hard as it would in a plastic case. My question is has any vendor for a Windows-OS server come up with a *server* product that is equally energy efficient? Most of the so-called energy efficient servers I am seeing through Dell and HP are using 200 to 300 watts. The units that they offer that have significant energy sparing features are all toyish client computers. What are the most energy efficient Intel-based Windows-OS servers in today's market? I'm okay with running slower processors. A DNS server with a 1.8 GHz CPU is overkill already. I just bought a micro-ITX barebones for $65 from newegg. Runs the ATOM 510 CPU, dual core, 64 bit capable. Takes up to 4GB RAM. Should run Win7 just fine, although mine will be RHEL6 for firewall use. |
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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple MacMini?
Bill Davidsen wrote:
although mine will be RHEL6 for firewall use. What would such a firewall do differently (or additionally) vs what your NAT-enabled broad-band modem or LAN router would normally do? |
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"Bill Davidsen" wrote in message
... W wrote: I was looking for a server to use as a DNS appliance on a network, and I wanted to find one that uses a minimum amount of energy. I stumbled on the Apple Mac Mini. Somehow they have this server working at 15 watts (!) when not in active use, and during full power on activity the server is only using 85 watts. It uses an Intel Core Duo 2. Part of their energy saving strategy is the aluminum case, which acts as a passive heat sink and avoids the need to run the cooling fan nearly as hard as it would in a plastic case. My question is has any vendor for a Windows-OS server come up with a *server* product that is equally energy efficient? Most of the so-called energy efficient servers I am seeing through Dell and HP are using 200 to 300 watts. The units that they offer that have significant energy sparing features are all toyish client computers. What are the most energy efficient Intel-based Windows-OS servers in today's market? I'm okay with running slower processors. A DNS server with a 1.8 GHz CPU is overkill already. I just bought a micro-ITX barebones for $65 from newegg. Runs the ATOM 510 CPU, dual core, 64 bit capable. Takes up to 4GB RAM. Should run Win7 just fine, although mine will be RHEL6 for firewall use. Is the Intel ATOM 510 CPU positioned as a desktop CPU? Is it right that ATOM 510 uses about 13W of energy? Is that at rest or at full load? Is that 13W including four cores? If you use ATOM 510 CPU with four cores in a server instead of something like an Intel XEON 5600, what features are you going to lose? I thinking for a firewall that does no encryption, an energy efficient CPU like this is a wonderful choice. Do any of the major vendors (Dell, HP, IBM) have servers that use ATOM 510 and include at least four peripheral slots? -- W |
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Intel Guy wrote:
Bill Davidsen wrote: although mine will be RHEL6 for firewall use. What would such a firewall do differently (or additionally) vs what your NAT-enabled broad-band modem or LAN router would normally do? I have two ISP connections and a DMZ, packets are routed to one ISP or the other by preference rules, and either can take over the full connection to the net in case of problems. There is heavy logging and light data analysis done as a low priority task to prepare reports of attacks. The mail server logs are checked in real time, problem sites identified and blocked in the firewall, server health in the DMZ is monitored, and if needed action is taken to move certain loads to backup servers. Oh, and the master DNS for multiple domains is present in case of issues elsewhere it can be served to the DMZ and private net. The local firewall is more than just a packet mover. |
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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple MacMini?
"Bill Davidsen" wrote in message
... Intel Guy wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: although mine will be RHEL6 for firewall use. What would such a firewall do differently (or additionally) vs what your NAT-enabled broad-band modem or LAN router would normally do? I have two ISP connections and a DMZ, packets are routed to one ISP or the other by preference rules, and either can take over the full connection to the net in case of problems. There is heavy logging and light data analysis done as a low priority task to prepare reports of attacks. The mail server logs are checked in real time, problem sites identified and blocked in the firewall, server health in the DMZ is monitored, and if needed action is taken to move certain loads to backup servers. Oh, and the master DNS for multiple domains is present in case of issues elsewhere it can be served to the DMZ and private net. The local firewall is more than just a packet mover. What software are you using to manage your preference rules and the failover to an alternate ISP? PEPLink has some nice devices to manage multiple ISPs. They alone seem to really focus on that one market need. Obviously your application goes beyond that. -- W |
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Anyone Windows Hardware With Energy Saving Equal to Apple MacMini?
W wrote:
"Bill wrote in message ... Intel Guy wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: although mine will be RHEL6 for firewall use. What would such a firewall do differently (or additionally) vs what your NAT-enabled broad-band modem or LAN router would normally do? I have two ISP connections and a DMZ, packets are routed to one ISP or the other by preference rules, and either can take over the full connection to the net in case of problems. There is heavy logging and light data analysis done as a low priority task to prepare reports of attacks. The mail server logs are checked in real time, problem sites identified and blocked in the firewall, server health in the DMZ is monitored, and if needed action is taken to move certain loads to backup servers. Oh, and the master DNS for multiple domains is present in case of issues elsewhere it can be served to the DMZ and private net. The local firewall is more than just a packet mover. What software are you using to manage your preference rules and the failover to an alternate ISP? All home grown, perl program reads a permanent FIFO fed by the sysout entries (iptables LOG target) of the firewall, a link monitoring program which tests the link if no packet received on a NIC in 2 sec, and the remote sysout of the mail server(s) performance. PEPLink has some nice devices to manage multiple ISPs. They alone seem to really focus on that one market need. Obviously your application goes beyond that. Rolling my own allows me to react very quickly to issues. Also, the price is right. ;-) |
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