Comments on: Uncommon Ingenuity http://www.vladville.com/2006/12/uncommon-ingenuity.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mavmesa http://www.vladville.com/2006/12/uncommon-ingenuity.html/comment-page-1#comment-18717 mavmesa Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:40:03 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/12/uncommon-ingenuity.html#comment-18717 Wow! Thanks Vlad. Getting a better gripe on power consumption in regards to IT equipment is something I have always wanted to do. It would be great to say "Mr Client, that Core 2 Duo will save you $150.00 per year in electrcity over the older AMD you are currently using. Over 3 years, that would be $450. Lets switch it out now!" And this will go aways toward clarifying whether or not to leave a computer on 24 hours a day, or turn it off at the end of a shift. Leaving it on will reduce the thermal stress, but is it enough of a benefit verses the added expense? I have long told my clients to leave them on as I believed the alledged boost in reliability out weighted the extra expense. Now I can collect actuals on the added expense. I am starting to notice that some products as starting to come list thermal load information. Now if I could find a $40 meter to test that... I just bought one at Amazon for $30 including shipping. -Ken Wow! Thanks Vlad. Getting a better gripe on power consumption in regards to IT equipment is something I have always wanted to do. It would be great to say “Mr Client, that Core 2 Duo will save you $150.00 per year in electrcity over the older AMD you are currently using. Over 3 years, that would be $450. Lets switch it out now!”

And this will go aways toward clarifying whether or not to leave a computer on 24 hours a day, or turn it off at the end of a shift. Leaving it on will reduce the thermal stress, but is it enough of a benefit verses the added expense? I have long told my clients to leave them on as I believed the alledged boost in reliability out weighted the extra expense. Now I can collect actuals on the added expense.

I am starting to notice that some products as starting to come list thermal load information. Now if I could find a $40 meter to test that…

I just bought one at Amazon for $30 including shipping.

-Ken

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