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[Hans Henry von Tresckow]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
wrote:

> Knapp wrote:
>
> >>  I'm going to hate myself in the morning, but I agree...
> >>
> >>  I should explain :-)  I live off-grid, so I don't actually have the
> >>  resources to run a 24/7 server - either electricity or Internet
> access.
> >
> > Can't say much about your internet access but even off the grid you
> > can run a lap top off some batteries and a solar panel! :-) Power
> > consumption is really low with laptops and you don't need a new fancy
> > one to run a little server.
>
> Oh, really?  I'm afraid you also can't say much about off-grid power
> consumption :-)  I worry about wall-warts.  I have _finally_ decided I can
> live with the permanent consumption of a Linksys router (only because I
> can't be bothered to go to the attic to switch it off when I'm not using
> it - I should really run a switch).  My _total_ daily electrical
> consumption is 2KwH.  I produce that with about 50 sq.ft. of solar panels.
> My laptop - not as efficient as some, but far less than many - draws 60W
> with the display on.  60W x 24 hours = 1440wH - i.e., 75% of my total
> daily
> capacity!  I haven't attempted to figure out what the draw might be with
> the display off, but surely more than half that.
>
> I know this is getting a bit off topic, but for a small, low-traffic
webserver, maybe an ARM-based machine would be better? I have a sharp Zaurus
which draws 7.8W. It only has 32MB of ram though. There are several embedded
distributions [1] out there that include apache and some of the other tools
needed to build a small web server. Just FYI :)

[1] http://www.angstrom-distribution.org

-- 
Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)
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