Comments on: Going Green in the Home Datacenter

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:29:44 +0000

I fell asleep at the desk in my room one night with two of the laptops on, one running dreamweaver and the other flash and photoshop. They get hot enough to cook a steak on. I woke up in the morning and my room was substantially hotter than the rest of the house.

By: Rebuilding Software RAID5 on an Atom – SmashTech

Rebuilding Software RAID5 on an Atom – SmashTech — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:33:23 +0000

[...] replacement drive for my 1TB RAID5 finally came in last night. I had never actually had to do a rebuild with the md toolset before [...]

By: Flander

Flander — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:18:33 +0000

I need to borrow your Kill-A-Watt to test my systems. I’m shutting off all the remaining Folding units and changing my power settings. I might be going to larger drives like you and getting rid of the smaller ones. First I need to get a job to pay off loans and start the process.

By: TekWarren

TekWarren — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:11:21 +0000

Can’t wait until the next LAN when we can all hammer that little board! Still debating on what board I am going to use for my build. I have a Lacie 500GB NAS that I am not the happiest with but it was better than running a full server. I hate to decommission it already (couple years maybe) but it locks up quite often. I also want a dedicated wired machine to run the PlayOn service for my 360 with other possible media conduits in the future.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:43:07 +0000

Nicely done. You forgot to consider the fact that those servers could have heated your basement, therefore lowering your gas bill