[mythtv-users] Anyone using arm with mythbackend?

[Fred Watt]

On 16/08/13 20:09, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 8/16/2013 3:01 PM, Fred Watt wrote:
>> On 16/08/13 19:56, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>> On 8/16/2013 2:40 PM, Fred Watt wrote:
>>>> Does anyone use an arm board to run a small home 
>>>> server/mythbackend?  I'm looking to refresh my atom server and 
>>>> getting impatient waiting for a haswell solution. The 10watt intel 
>>>> J2850 looks like it could be a future option when boards appear in 
>>>> a few months.
>>>
>>> An Atom is already no great shakes, but any ARM is going to be a 
>>> downgrade.
>>>
>> Maybe I should just wait a few more months to see what appears 
>> Q3/Q4.  A low watt intel/linux solution makes so much sense from many 
>> perspectives. I was baiting - I guess - to see if I was missing a 
>> trick for an efficient server.
>
> My 3.3GHz G2120 frontend idles around 25W, and that's including the 
> inefficiencies of a non-80Plus power supply.  The system itself is 
> probably somewhere under 15W.  I recently picked up a PicoPSU and an 
> external brick, so I'll have to test what amperage it's actually using 
> sometime this weekend.
>
> Once you get below a certain level, it's not worth the effort to push 
> it further.  One watt used non-stop typically costs roughly $1/yr.
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My server idles around 30Watts - that's with pico+2xTB raid, does lots 
of server duties incl. myth.  I do agree once you get to a certain point 
there's no 'real' payback in savings vs effort any more.  You make a 
good point.

As I'm in need of a refresh, I'm wondering what I could do this time 
round - need the h/w to appear.  Interesting that the G2120 tdp 10w, as 
it has intel graphics it might make a server/frontend with VAAPI.  But 
then again, the i3 haswells might be better value in a performance per 
watt calculation.  I guess this is the fun part wondering, then window 
shopping as and when.
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