Re: NAS recommendations

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:33:37 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote:

(And yes, I do belive in recycling, but I'm also fed-up with the
money-grabbing power utilities, sucking us all dry of every last penny
we have...)

I recently got an eight quid Maplins wattmeter and checked a few
computers:

Computer Active Off (powerbrick plugged in)
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IBM Thinkpad 560Z 21 w 2.7 w
Lenovo Thinkpad R61i 30 w 1.8 w
IBM NetVista 52 w - [1]

[1] the 866 MHz desktop with 1 GB Ram, 40 GB disk, floppy, DVD-RW, CD-ROM,
Fujitsu-Siemens 15" flat-screen monitor on.

The NetVista flat screen uses 12w (checked by turning it off), so the box
burns 40w in its usual 'headless' mode: rather less than I expected.

Assuming the Lenovo LCD burns 12w, an equivalent mini-ITX box would burn
about 25w assuming that it had a WD green hard drive and a DVD (guess -
5w for the WD and 2w for an idle DVD-RW)

I had been thinking about replacing the NetVista with a low power mini-
ITX system but I don't think I'll bother until the NetVista carks. As it
only burns about 15w more than a replacement based on the same Core Duo
that runs the Lenovo, so the disposal+new manufacture energy costs of the
replacement would take a LONG time to recoup at 15 watts.

Besides, the NetVista was used when I got it.


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