From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <120891c57c6cabd2b6c00b03add44b19@quanstro.net> To: 9fans@9fans.net From: erik quanstrom Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:44:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48EF8488.6030000@proweb.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] bug in rio: unhiding deleted windows Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1be22d0c-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Electricity is 15p per KwHour round here > > 300w > > echo 'scale=3; 0.15 * 0.3 * 25 * 365' | bc > > 410.625 pounds per year > > 60w > > 82.125 pounds per year you have a good point, though i assume you mean ; hoc 0.15*0.300 * 24 * 365 394.2 0.15*0.060 * 24 * 365 78.84 300 watts is a hungry computer. all 6 of my machines here, including an 8-disk hot swappable monster, take ~550VA according to my apc. but then again, i have nothing but 80+-rated power supplies and a few 35w and 65w cpus. if power is that big a deal, it might make sense to buy specialized hardware. soekris come in at <20w. an old laptop can make a good low-power fs. portwell has a <20w atom-based mb with gbe. you could have a small fleet of those for 60 watts. turn off a couple of lightbulbs and tell yourself it's free. :-) my personal bias is toward speed and reilability. how much is it worth to you not to worry about your fs? for me it's worth a lot. even at $350/year, that's cheep data insurance to me. - erik