* Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> [2010-06-12 23:59]:
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> On 2010-06-12, Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd@bsws.de> wrote:
> > * Nick <nick@holland-consulting.net> [2010-06-11 12:55]:
> >> If you want low power consumption and low cost, I'd suggest a small
> >> PIII or Celeron based system, hard to beat for the price (usually,
> >> free!).  IF the new, cool stuff has any real power savings, you are
> >> unlikely to ever recoup the initial cost over recycled hardware.
> >
> > that might be (I am not convinced tho) with the electricity price in
> > the US, but certainly isn't universal.
> >
> 
> Especially the price of electricity in externally owned datacentres (*)
> - and restrictions on current drawn; there are still places which allow
> just 4A (@240V) per rack footprint (and 8A/footprint is fairly common).

I know of one DC that limits you to 8A per rack (@230V) because the
floor would collapse if people filled up their racks...

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