5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
11:53 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Don Y wrote:
I don;t let my machines talk to the outside world (this is the
easiest way for me to keep everything 100% secure with zero
effort on my part :> ) so if I cant use the MIPS, they get
wasted. :-(
I had inherited three Dell Precision 410MT's (dual Piii/600's)
and thought of replacing the LX and Classic that serve as my
routers with them. But, the size (tower-ish) and power
(not just $$$ but BTU's as well -- this is AZ so we don't
need any extra heat even in Winter!) differences between them
and the cute little SPARC boxes made this a no-brainer
decision. (I kept one of the Dells and donated the other
two to a local charity. In hindsight, perhaps I should
have lifted the memory out of them and flushed-up the one
that I kept :< )
I replaced this with another aging machine - a
PIII running at 500Mhz,
which only uses 100Watts more - but I can certainly get a lot more out
of it. So that old machine certainly cost me more to run than the new
one in terms of performance for electricity used. I certainly don't
need a 2Ghz AMD64 with 4GB of RAM for use as a router. Today. In 5
years from now, my desktop will be very likely be my router.
I use a 500 MHz PIII as a router, mailserver, and FM broadcaster--and
there's still way too much unused capacity. So I also have iit enrolled in
the BOINC project. Might as well do somone some good with those wasted
watts.