[ubuntu-uk] downloading slow torrents & energy consumption

[Alan Lord (News)]

Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/4/9 javadayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com>:
>> i raised this topic of torrents and low powered green machines a while ago
>> if anyone remembers!
>>
> 
> Indeed, and I'm also using another Viglen for doing exactly that. A
> viglen running torrentflux is perfect for this task.
> 
> Cheers,
> Al.
> 

I would also like to recommend many of the the Mini-itx type boards 
based around either VIA or Atom CPUs.

My home server is based in a Jetway Mobo (with dual 100MB LAN i/f) and 
it has a VIA C7 processor and 1G of RAM. I stuck a 320MB HDD in the box 
when I built it.

The whole thing draws about 15W from the plug. It runs Ubuntu Server, 
Our business telephone system on Asterisk, acts a development platform 
(Apache MySQL, PHP, SVN blah blah blah) and is left on 24/7.

FYI I got the mobo from here: http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11212

I bought a case and PSU from eBay IIRC (It's an InWIN box for uATX or 
smaller mobos) that cost about £15.

It has been very reliable. And, oh yes, I down-clocked it from 1.2Ghz to 
1Ghz. I could probably go lower but it makes little difference to power 
consumption.

HTH

Al (Another one!)

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