On 29.01.2010 15:05, casper....@sun.com wrote: > > >> Hi Matthias, >> >> have you also evaluated going the AMD route? I am also looking into >> setting up a home server, and I have seen that with AMD one can get ECC >> RAM for much less money. > > Which systems are you thinking of? > >> Additionally, there seem to be not much difference power consumption >> wise when compared to ATOM based setups, when one chooses the right >> components. I am a little bit hesitant to go this route, as driver >> support for Intel based components seems to be better... > > > The older Atom boards use around 40W, the newer around 20W. > Neither have ECC. > > I certainly would like to hear of a 20W or thereabouts AMD board. > > Casper >
Concerning power consumption I am only referring to the old Atom boards. And even then it's probably not possible to be equal. But something like 60W would also be OK, I guess. That won't hurt the power bill too much, and such a system might have a lot more processing power on top of ECC. And ECC would really be nice together with ZFS... In fact I haven't decided on anything yet - I'm just wondering... - Thomas _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
