[mythtv-users] Power Saving Frontend Ideas
Mike Perkins
mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Mon Apr 14 15:00:01 UTC 2008
Brian Foddy wrote:
>
> Can you describe your machine a bit more. 15 watts of power is
> VERY low in my experience. I too have a kill-a-watt and the lowest
> power machine I have in my house is a p2-450 that uses about 56
> watts, its a linux firewall running 24x7. I'm ashamed to mention my
> frontend that because of bios and cpu upgrade issues, doesn't have
> any low power sleep or easily power-down options.
>
> I'd be curious in a ultra-low power firewall machine where performance
> isn't a big issue, and a much better performance HD frontend machine
> that has good sleep and power features.
>
I built my firewall round a basic EPIA 5000 Mini-ITX board, runs 24/7, with an
old 8Gb hard disk, pulls 37W. I might be able to shave that if I retired the
disk and put the software on a CF card. I tried many different firewalls over
the last four-five years, finally settled on pfSense, which allows CF card usage.
Now all I got to do is figure out how to turn my back end media server (~160W)
off when it's not being used. That's about #50 on the list of 'important things
to do'.
Mike Perkins
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