[rescue] Computerfests (was: first real server hardware)

[Phil Stracchino]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:19:17PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2004, at 9:44 AM, ed at the7thbeer.com wrote:
> >>>My goal is to eventually put it back into use as a FW1-NG HA cluster
> >>>when
> >>>I can afford the extra $75/month to run it.
> >>
> >>   $75/mo??  Dude, how much does power cost there?
> >
> >Too much.  Plus its a major power hog of a system.
> 
>   Seriously, how much?  Here, at $.08/KWh, $75/mo would be over a 
> kilowatt.  There's no way a box that small could pull that much power, 
> unless maybe it's liquid-cooled. ;)  And if power *is* that expensive 
> there, its...


In summer of 2000 and 2001, in Tracy CA, we were paying up to
$0.297/kWh.


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