[Tfug] Using a Laptop as a server

[Kramer Lee]

One great thing about a laptop as a server is it has a couple of hours
of UPS battery backup already integrated.

Keeping them cool is the trick, as they have many parts covered by
plastic that just can't be cooled well.

You know, the E6400 has a good record for running all the time for
long periods if it the type without the lower powered Intel graphics
(who needs high resolution on a server?)  They don't take much power
and their video chips don't burn out, and they seem to last more than
4 hours on a charge.  They aren't that fast, but they don't generate a
lot of heat.  Larger laptops seem to run hotter, and use up battery
charge faster, and of course run faster.

On 3/14/13, John Hubbard <ender8282 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 3/13/2013 12:30 PM, keith smith wrote:
>>
>> Hi TFUG!!
>>
>> A number of years ago, maybe 10 years ago, TFUG was run on a laptop
>> for a while.  I did not notice any difference. It was during a time
>> when the list was a little more active.
>>
>> I was thinking of hosting several websites from my home office using
>> my Cox business account.  I do not want all the extra heat of a
>> mini-tower and have found laptops to produce much less heat.
>>
>> I've been looking at an i3 HP as a potential web server. Of course it
>> is not going to be as fast as a mini tower with faster drives, however
>> I think it will beat shared hosting or even a lower priced VPS.  It
>> probably will not compete with a dedicated or managed server, however
>> I'm not sure I need that much power right now.  And if I do need that
>> much power that would be a blessing and I would make the move to a
>> server in a data center.
>>
>> Any thought about using an HP i3 with 4G of RAM as a LAMP server?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>
> If you are really power concerned you might consider an Atom server
> processor [1].  Alternatively Intel makes both a 17* and a 20 watt Xeon
> E3 [2].  If you are willing to go up to 25, or 40 watts you get even
> more options.  Now you'll have to be a little bit careful to choose a
> power efficient motherboard, but one of those Xeon options will give you
> the ECC memory others have mentioned, and will be MUCH more flexible.
> If you do need more horse power, you can drop in a higher power chip.
> You'll have plenty of space for redundant HDDs (or small SSDs, which I'd
> vote for).  If you disable the chipset features that you don't need that
> might save a little more power. Add in an appropriately spec'd high
> efficiency power supply should get you pretty close to the laptop power
> draw.  You'll probably spend a similar amount (and not get the
> 'keyboard' or 'display' but the ones that come on cheap laptops aren't
> much).  Unfortunately I can't easily get you the power consumption of my
> Atom/ION system (zotac mini-itx).  If you're interested let me know and,
> I'll power down/unplug some other stuff hooked up to my UPS.
>
> Keep in mind that as long as Intel holds the process advantage it will
> be hard for other x86 systems to compete on power consumption given
> similar performance.  There is always Arm though...
>
> * Note that the lowest power third gen I3 is 13 watts, but most are 17
> or 35 watts.
> http://ark.intel.com/products/family/65503/3rd-Generation-Intel-Core-i3-Processors/mobile
>
> [1]
> http://ark.intel.com/products/family/71263/Intel-Atom-Processor-for-Server/server
> [2]
> http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&FamilyText=Intel%C2%AE%20Xeon%C2%AE%20Processor%20E3%20Family&MaxTDPMin=0&MaxTDPMax=43
>
> --
> -john
>
> To be or not to be, that is the question
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> 255, that is the answer.
>
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