Power consumption!!!

[tomcatsniper]

Hello everybody!

I have an issue to discuss with you. It is regarding power consumption of my network and server. Right now it is going up to 300-340W. I measured it with a power meter.

So everything of my metwork must stay up, this means the cisco stuff, 2 AP's and 1 laptop which is used for monitoring with linux on it. This "eats" around 180-200W and the rest is 1 server with VMware ESXi a Dual CPU Pentium 3 with 1GB ram, 3 network cards and 4 hard drives which "eats" 120W and sometimes 140W - 150W.

I want to shut down this server and change it with something else like a Mini-ITX Intel Atom with 2x SATA drives and 2 GB RAM.

1) Does anybody knows how much power will this "eat"???

-MB + CPU intel atom 1.6ghz mini-itx
-PSU
-2x SATA drives
-2GB ram
-1x pci quad ethernet


2) How much power consumes your network stuff??

3)Does anybody know about Dell poweredge 2 xeon 3.0ghz with 4gb ram and 2 drives how much power it consumes?

PS: sorry for my bad english!

 

[Ockie]

1) About 75 watts roughly
2) About 25w, I learned my lesson years ago that having all the cisco, 3com, and enterprise crap is not really worth running in a home due to the increase in costs and that the same level of performance (for a home enviroment) can be achieved by using high end but smaller gear. My first big home network used over 1,000 watts of power, which put my bills through the roof
3) That system should use no more than 250w of power, I'd say it would be closer to about 200w.

 

[tomcatsniper]

hello!

Thanks for reply. Now after some "improvements" I have around 140W power consumption

I will probably take the Intel atom with only one drive. I am trying to find a way to install a laptop drive in the 3.5" bay. It will cut the power consumption also.

 

[fluke420]

My first big home network used over 1,000 watts of power, which put my bills through the roof

Cisco 6500 series?

 

[Ockie]

Cisco 6500 series?

It was a little more complicated than that. But yeah, you're getting the idea.