[Atlas-anchors-pilot] Provisional hardware specs for Atlas Anchors

[Daniel Karrenberg]

Tank you Nick. Do others share this concern? Concrete suggestions?

Daniel

On 06.09.2012, at 17:35 , Nick Hilliard wrote:

> On 06/09/2012 16:09, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
>> 1 Intel Xeon E5-2420 1.90GHz, 15M Cache, 7.2GT/s QPI, Turbo, 6C, 95W 
> 
> Could you specify lower power CPUs?  Power prices vary widely around the
> place, but in IE it would be normal to pay anywhere between €0.20 to €0.30
> per kWh (i.e. €1.50 to €2.50 per extra watt per annum).  So even if a lower
> power CPU is slightly more expensive, it will pay for itself relatively
> quickly, and probably within a 3Y write-off period, and certainly within
> the actual service lifetime of the machine.
> 
>> 4 600GB SAS 6Gbps 15k 3.5" HD Hot Plug 
> 
> would suggest 2.5" disks instead.  The smaller disks tend to use less power
> than the equivalent 3.5" units, and as most production disk systems these
> days tend to use 2.5", it's actually easier to get the smaller units
> (although this may not be a huge issue if buying from Dell).
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
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