<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" id="kbtable" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); margin-bottom: 0px !important; "><tbody><tr id="header" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10px; "><td colspan="4" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); font-weight: bold; "><strong style="font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; ">Mac mini (Mid 2011)</strong><br>2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, 2GB 1333 DDR3 (2x1GB), 500GB 5400 RPM, Intel HD Graphics 3000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10px; "><td align="center" colspan="2" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; ">Power Consumption</td><td align="center" colspan="2" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; ">Thermal Output</td></tr><tr id="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10px; "><td width="25%" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Idle</b></td><td width="25%" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Max</b></td><td width="25%" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Idle</b></td><td width="25%" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Max</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10px; "><td style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; ">11 W</td><td style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; ">85 W</td><td style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; ">38 BTU/h</td><td style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); font-size: 10px; ">290 BTU/h</td></tr></tbody></table></span><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Mac Mini, 85W maximum draw. <br><br>On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:23 AM, Tom Schouten wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi List,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Recently I've been doing some math and found out that running a 100W machine 24/7 at my parent's back home cost me about 150 Euros/year (Belgian electricity is quite expensive, about 20 Eurocents/kWh more than double of what it is here). The 100W was measured with power meter over period of 24h so is probably quite accurate. Includes PC, GB ethernet switch + wireless router.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Anyone have an idea of how to replace this with something more power-efficient?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I recently ran into [1] which seems like a nice solution. Not sure about the power though.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It probably can go lower still. This[2] might be nice too.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The main purpose for the server is backup, VPN, asterisk, email with spamassassin+clamav, apache and to serve as print server and gateway for the home network, maybe also PLEX but that can also run on a "real" PC if necessary.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">[1] <a href="http://mocko.org.uk/b/2012/06/17/how-i-store-my-1s-and-0s-zfs-bargain-hp-microserver-joy/">http://mocko.org.uk/b/2012/06/17/how-i-store-my-1s-and-0s-zfs-bargain-hp-microserver-joy/</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">[2] <a href="http://www.androidauthority.com/via-android-pc-arm-49-dollars-88209/">http://www.androidauthority.com/via-android-pc-arm-49-dollars-88209/</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">linux-user mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>linux-user mailing list<br><a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a><br>http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>