[mythtvnz] Mythtv on Server hardware

[Robin Gilks]

> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Jonathan Hoskin
> <jonathan.hoskin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> No, just getting a SCSI based box, but I have access to lots of 140Gb
>>> SCSI drives and a big 14 bay array to put them in.
>>
>>
>> Crikey - you must also have a lot of shares in a power company.
>>
>
> 14 x 15W each = 210W worst case. It's not nothing but it's not really
> anything to get excited about either. They'll draw about twice that during
> startup though.

Ouch

I'm spinning 5Tb with a AMD 5050e CPU on an ASUS m/b and sit at 80W idle,
85 when recording a couple of channels and 95W commflagging. That includes
the Sky box, ADSL modem and UPS...


-- 
Robin Gilks