I got this old server and I always like to fiddle with old hardware, so I took a lot of pictures and shared them on my blog with some explaination!
Feedback always appreciated ^^
I got this old server and I always like to fiddle with old hardware, so I took a lot of pictures and shared them on my blog with some explaination!
Feedback always appreciated ^^
Nice post. Recognisable too. I have an old server from work at home, but came to the same conclusion: with that power consumption it’s no fun running it 24/7 at home.
Yeah, power consumption are never the strong suit of rack mounted servers…
Ive got a R720 running a decent load at the moment pulling 90W, which is about what my laptop uses. So you can totally do rack mount machines that aren’t howling winter heaters.
Yeah true, but compared to what performance you can have with “normal” hardware, the difference is huge! I’m never saying it can’t be done, but the difference exists!
Power consumption is the 2nd thing i look for in my IT devices (first is “do I need internet/cloud services to run it” … Yes is an absolut disqualifier)