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List:       opensolaris-discuss
Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post
From:       John Martin <john.m.martin () oracle ! com>
Date:       2011-02-24 14:34:36
Message-ID: 4D666C7C.9010404 () oracle ! com
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On 02/24/11 06:50 AM, Orvar Korvar wrote:

> If I can replace all computers at home, with SunRays I have saved power. Say each \
> PC uses 100 watt at idle, that could be 300Watt at idle. If I replace them with a \
> SunRay server that idles at 50watt, I have saved lots of power. 
> I want the server to be powerful, but excellent graphics performance is not \
> important, but I want rudimentary graphics ability: 1080p, Compiz, etc. Sandybridge \
> is powerful CPU, so I can do some heavy compilations and development, and also \
> SunRay will benefit from powerful CPU.

While I'm a big fan of deploying SunRays, there are lower power
alternatives to 100W PCs for running compiz.  My Atom N330 + ION brick
(ASRock ION 330) runs Solaris 11 Express + compiz just fine and
rarely every budges above 25W with an active desktop.
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