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Revision as of 03:39, 12 December 2014
Sponsors
History
- Mailing List Announcement:
- Officially Proposed: (planned)
- To be Voted on: (planned)
- Yes:
- No:
- Present:
Background
The primary IT services in the space are running on aging hardware and an undersized battery backup. Thanks to the explosion of "cloud" service providers, we can replace these with newer second hand systems that are both more powerful _and_ consume significantly less power.
Hypothetically, the power requirements for this hardware could go from the current total of 1300 Watts to < 300 Watts based on Hef's measurements here:
This is a potential alternative to upgrading the UPS with the added benefit of removing a kilowatt of power consumption and heat disipation in the catwalk area.
| product | price |
|---|---|
| Dell C6100/DCS6005 3 x node mini-cluster - 144 GB RAM - 6 processors - 36 x 1.8 GHz cores - 12 TB RAW | $1184.99 + $30 shiping = $1214.99 |
| TP-LINK TL-SG1016 - 16-Port Gigabit rackmountable - 13 Watt maximum power consumption | $78 |
| Total + 20% buffer | $ $1551 |
Language
Authorize the BoD to spend up to $1551 on acquiring replacement low power server hardware for the PS1 IT infrastructure