ServeTheHome 2013 Architecture Discussion
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The web UI has a readout that shows real-time amp draw (with 0.1A resolution) and total KWH consumed per input circuit - not per outlet though. I can't find an easy way to reset the KWH readout, so it's basically a running total.
As you said, the colo provider probably includes equivalent functionality. For those who are looking for something for their own labs, these are very reasonably priced.
As you said, the colo provider probably includes equivalent functionality. For those who are looking for something for their own labs, these are very reasonably priced.
Unless you need more then eight outlets, the $190 1U DLI unit is a steal. If you'd like, I can send some screenshots of the UI.
BTW, I have four C14 power cords that you can have if you need them. They came with the HP but are not so useful in a home environment. The DLI 1U uses C14s.
Thanks dba! Will keep that in mind.
Update: Ordered 4x Intel 320 SSD 160GB today. For those wondering, will likely OP to 120gigs usable, and these are the lowest cost drives with capacitors out there.
C6100 arrives tomorrow along with 24x 8GB DDR3 DIMMs to augment (or replace) the 24x 4GB already in there.
Update: Ordered 4x Intel 320 SSD 160GB today. For those wondering, will likely OP to 120gigs usable, and these are the lowest cost drives with capacitors out there.
C6100 arrives tomorrow along with 24x 8GB DDR3 DIMMs to augment (or replace) the 24x 4GB already in there.
320s new or ebay? New prices are ridiculousness, but as you said, cheapest SSDs with supercaps. I wish I would have bought a few more then they were on sale/discontinued two Thanksgivings back.
A lot of the newer drives save data to RAM as a buffer prior to writing. That became a very common way to improve SSD performance, especially at smaller file sizes. Scaling it up (kinda) it is like using a RAID card's onboard RAM (on-SSD RAM) for write caching prior to writing to disks (NAND packages.) Supercaps are like having a capacitor backed write cache. No supercaps are like running write cache without having a flash backed write cache/ BBWC.
A big goal of this is to be able to survive something going wrong. The Intel 320's with OP are actually decently fast devices. Sometimes EBS IOPS can be not so good (I linked a Scaylr blog in today's article.)