Mini as a web server.

[chazsummers]

I was really worried about the mini running hot. But I have been watchng it run as a home server 24/7. WITHOUT a monitor conencted to it its barely pulling any current at all and it is always cold to the touch.

Seems like it could be used as web server. Looking for justification either way.

[iMav]

[John]

I suppose if your web server was on a T-1 or better connection, and was gettings lots of hits, the Mini might not be able to keep up. But for non-professional, cable/DSL connections, the Mini should be fine. It'd be a real step up from my web server (233MHz Pentium II). I should try to figure out the cost savings in power consumption by upgrading to a Mini!

[devo]

[SStreet]

[nalenb]

So assuming it's 70 watts for your current setup and 20 for the mini, that's a savings of 50 watts. Times 24 hours = 1.2 kilowatt hours per day. At my local rate of $0.15 per kwh, that's a $0.18 per day.
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[John]

$0.18 a day? So a $500 mini would pay for itself in under 8 years? Maybe performance, better software and QUIET are the reasons to trash my old PII. As I type this I can hear it running from inside my wiring closet. The only time I hear my Mini is when I insert or eject a disk. Maybe once and a while I'll notice disk access (optical). Sorry: different thread!

[g5g5]

[jaymenna78734]

We keep minis connected to APS power reboot units with built in current meters. We probably have 15 such power-strips running nothing but minis. Non of them have monitors and almost all of them have empty CD ROM drives.

With 8 minis plugged into each of the units, it is very rare for them to pull 1 amp total on the entire unit.

Dang little power.

[minime]

[jaymenna78734]

[blazer]

Jay how many amps would the same number of Xserve G5's pull?
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[dbatrium]

The more I see of the Mac mini the word amazing continually comes to mind, a sweet neat piece of engineering and form design.
JJ

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[aplowe]

Folks,

To avoid the confused posts that usually follow this sort of thing it's worth remembering that we don't all have the same mains electricity. Power consumption is generally an easier way to communicate; since you are in the US:-

1.3A x 110V = 143W for 8 minis.

So a mini used as a web-server consumes less than 18W.

I'd imagine the extra 2W used during the Tom's hardware test was the radeon 9200 doing some work (clearly not quake3 type work, but something!).

I think your calculation of current drawn into an Xserve G5 is some way off. The current Xserve G5 PSU is quoted as drawing a maximum of 4A at 110V. A single processor machine must draw much less current than this, especially when it's only being used as a web server.

According to apple's numbers for the older (less efficient) Xserve G5s:-

Max power consumption of standard single 2GHz model = 170W
=> max current = 170W / 110V = 1.55A

It doesn't really matter, since we would have to compare the performance of the machines for such numbers to be useful.

Adam.