26 Watts
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26 Watts
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I’m pretty pleased with the absurdly low power consumption of my server. 26 Watts when idle (and by idle I mean chugging away, running Ubuntu Linux, a Gnome desktop and KTorrent). 26 Watts for the motherboard, processor, 640Mb RAM and 370Gb shared across two hard drives. Nifty.
Non techie people – that’s between 8 and 15 times less than a normal PC.
Techie people – it’s an EPIA 800 motherboard. Pretty slow, but a bona fide x86 box, and I haven’t blown it up like my previous server motherboard (I’m still gutted about that). At the moment it’s only got USB1.1 which is painful to use with external drives, so a USB2.0 card is going in when it arrives from Hong Kong.
And it’s even more silent than the old one, because this one has a huge heatsink on the processor, meaning that the fan can run REALLY slow.
Desktop Box
Image by Sebastian Bergmann
My desktop box:
- Chieftec Dragon Series Midi-Server Case
- be quiet! Noise Absorver Kit
- 3x be quiet! Silent Wings Case Fan
- be quiet! Dark Power Pro 530W Power Supply
- Termaltake XR-Cable (black) for Floppy and IDE
- ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Mainboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU
- Zalman CNPS 7700-CU CPU Cooler
- 4x EXTREMEMORY 1024MB DDR2, PC2 800, 800MHz, CL5 Memory
- Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Ultimate (with Zalman VGA Cooler)
- Samsung SpinPoint 400GB Harddrive
- Samsung SpinPoint 160GB Harddrive
- LG GSA-4081B DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-RW Recorder
- No-Name 3.5" Floppy
- Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP (1920×1200 @ 24") Screen
- Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
- Microsoft Habu Laser Mouse
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Ubuntu Linux inside a VMware virtual machine.
Zoom in on CPU and GPU here.
Desktop Box
Image by Sebastian Bergmann
My desktop box:
- Chieftec Dragon Series Midi-Server Case
- be quiet! Noise Absorver Kit
- 3x be quiet! Silent Wings Case Fan
- be quiet! Dark Power Pro 530W Power Supply
- Termaltake XR-Cable (black) for Floppy and IDE
- ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Mainboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU
- Zalman CNPS 7700-CU CPU Cooler
- 4x EXTREMEMORY 1024MB DDR2, PC2 800, 800MHz, CL5 Memory
- Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Ultimate (with Zalman VGA Cooler)
- Samsung SpinPoint 400GB Harddrive
- Samsung SpinPoint 160GB Harddrive
- LG GSA-4081B DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-RW Recorder
- No-Name 3.5" Floppy
- Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP (1920×1200 @ 24") Screen
- Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
- Microsoft Habu Laser Mouse
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Ubuntu Linux inside a VMware virtual machine.
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General
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The U.S. Navy (USN) has a large enterprise network outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) that is complex and expensive to maintain. The problem addressed by this thesis is to determine which alternative desktop deployment technology is more cost effective over time while maintaining the users’ operational requirements. The USN is conducting a technology refresh of its OCONUS navy enterprise network (ONE-NET) with thick-client desktop computers. This thesis proposes an alternative solution using thin-client desktops with data center server virtualization-based technology as a lower cost option. To back up this claim of lower cost, an analysis was carried out to determine the total ownership costs (TCO) of both the current thick-client and proposed thin-client solutions. A cost per seat (CPS) model developed by Naval Network Warfare Command (NNWC) was used to calculate major cost components—labor, hardware, software, and transport, while a VMware tool was used to calculate power and cooling costs for both solutions. In addition, VMware provided a cost estimate for the upfront hardware and software licensing costs needed to support the virtualization support for the thin-clients solution. The conclusion of the TCO comparison is that, for the 27,284 users, the thin-client solution would save 8 million over seven years.The U.S. Navy (USN) has a large enterprise network outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) that is complex and expensive to maintain. The problem addressed by this thesis is to determine which alternative desktop deployment technology is more cost effective over time while maintaining the users’ operational requirements. The USN is conducting a technology refresh of its OCONUS navy enterprise network (ONE-NET) with thick-client desktop computers. This thesis proposes an alternative solution using thin-client desktops with data center server virtualization-based technology as a lower cost option. To back up this claim of lower cost, an analysis was carried out to determine the total ownership costs (TCO) of both the current thick-client and proposed thin-client solutions. A cost per seat (CPS) model developed by Naval Network Warfare Command (NNWC) was used to calculate major cost components—labor, hardware, software, and transport, while a VMware tool was used to calculate power and cooling costs for both solutions. In addition, VMware provided a cost estimate for the upfront hardware and software licensing costs needed to support the virtualization support for the thin-clients solution. The conclusion of the TCO comparison is that, for the 27,284 users, the thin-client solution would save 8 million over seven years.
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Ubuntu Server and Kubuntu CDS
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Ubuntu Server and Kubuntu CDS
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My Desk II
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My desktop with some notes (updated version)
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