[XCSSA] Electrical usage of servers

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>
>I'm curious if anybody on SATLUG or XCSSA has done, or has found, 
>electrical
>usage tests between different types of CPUs. For example, does a P3-500 use
>more or less electricity than a P4 2.4Ghz, and vice versa? My question 
>stems
>from me wanting to use less electricity and move towards solar power. I 
>have
>a server (the P4) which is on constantly in my computer room. I also have a
>P3-500 not in use which could be used in its place. The server only does a
>few things like SSH, web, Torrent  Flux, DVD burning, file server, XBMC
>streaming to my Xbox, and a security webcam, so I'm sure the 500 could
>handle it.
>
>The other possibility would be to move everything over to a dedicated 
>brick,
>like the Linksys "slug", but I don't know if the processor could handle the
>XBMC streaming protocol.
>
>Thanks for any input.
>
>
>--
>Jeremy

Does this article help any?
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8508116370.html

I don't know for sure, but mobile processors are supposed to be extremely 
low energy users.
Tom King

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