[aklug] Re: OLD MACHINES & linux

'My main HOME'.... So yeah, not much sustained throughput, but still.
On Feb 15, 2015 9:55 AM, <bryanm@acsalaska.net> wrote:

> On Sun, February 15, 2015 5:19 am, James wrote:
> > I've been running a Raspberry Pi as a my main nas/print server/VPN host
> for
> > a year now, it's so cheap to run..
> >
> > Max power usage on a RPI is 1A at 5V, so it uses 5W max. Do the math, and
> > this works out to 43.8 kWh per year. Even assuming an inefficient power
> > supply, that it pulls max power constantly, and a pessimistic $0.20/kWh
> > cost, it still is only a couple bucks per month.
>
> I would have thought a NAS would require more CPU power than a Pi could
> provide. Maybe it makes a difference if it's using ZFS or has high usage.
>
> --
> Bryan Medsker
> bryanm@acsalaska.net
>
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Received on Sun Feb 15 10:10:50 2015