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On 09/29/2010 11:28 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:53:40AM -0500, Jack Coats wrote: > =20 >> Then there is the secondary power costs. Cost to cool/heat. >> It is a heat source, so it compensates for some heat that would >> be required from elsewhere (pretty minimal), but if you have >> to run air conditioning and have a SERR of 10, then your $60/year >> costs you 10% more during the cooling season. (Say 6 months >> so that is $3 more) >> >> Also calculate in any network infrastructure on the power consideratio= ns, >> like switches, routers, cable boxes, oh yes, UPSes (they are almost >> REQUIRED where I live... and they are not very energy efficient, but >> newer ones are better than older ones on their power conversion ratios= ) >> =20 > None of that is going to change. Oh, at some point I'll go from > two 100M switches to two gigabit switches, but it won't be soon > and nothing will go away. > > =20 One question, why don't you allow the systems to sleep. Or at least let the display turn off. I think the best thing to do is to move in with Coats and get your power from the TVA :-) --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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