Hardware suggestions to reduce power usage

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SRussell

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I would go with a Xeon-D setup or a C3xxx Avoton based setup. Depending on your requirements you could even get away with a NUC or other small form factor lab. I am running two setups. 3x node Xeon-D cluster for my production lab and 4x node 8i5BEH NUCs for dev/test. My power consumption is around 600W with all systems online, switches, router, and UPS. Most of the time the NUCs power dow and my minimum wattage is around 240.
 

Rand__

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If 600W is everything, what is the impact of the NUCs? So what is your production power draw with 3 x-d and support systems?