[lug] Low power servers.

[Quentin Hartman]

I suppose that would depend on whether the mail servers involved are sheeva
plugs or giant multi-processor monsters.... It is an interesting thought
though....

QH


On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Rob Nagler <nagler at bivio.biz> wrote:

> Quentin writes:
> > and is why I ultimately went that route. It was worth ~20 watts to me to
> get
> > better performance and have something that was a little less quirky to
> deal
> > with.
>
> Here's an odd thought: how many watts does this email thread cost?  We
> know the human time cost far exceeds the extra $17/year (@ $.10/kwh)
> over using an Rpi, but I'm still curious what the power cost of an
> email thread is, and how to calculate it.
>
> Rob
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