On Tue, 2014-06-17 at 17:42 +0200, lynn wrote:
On Sun, 2014-06-15 at 15:49 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2014-06-15 14:32, Anton Aylward wrote:
I have a 800MHz single core with 1G of memory under my desk running as DHCP/DNS + LDAP/Radius authenticator and a 30G drive. This is an old desktop from a decade or more ago that once ran W/98 for some primitive office functions.
I use an old laptop, with an external hard disk. I use it mainly for downloading things, which with my slow network can take days. An old laptop needs little electricity and little table space, and comes complete with keyboard and display ;-)
We often overlook the power consumption aspects of reusing old computers. '...old desktop from a decade [...] ago...' Maybe should be written, 'inefficient, hot and expensive to run'. The amount you'd spend by replacing it with something environmentally friendly is soon recovered.
Well, some... About 15 years ago a got a second-hand SUN Netra-T105, with "just" 512MB Used to be my firewall, asking less then 70W. Replaced it twice (5, 10 years ago) with COTS intel based hardware, demanding way much (four, five-fold) more. Both of then died (of old age i think), but my sun is still working 24/7. So some hardware is just expected to work, others are expected to be replaced after 5 years. Some servers might be replaceable by a cloud of PI's, But considering environmental impact of producing/shipping, i'm not sure what is best..... Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org