[asterisk-biz] Colocated Asterisk Server

[Alex Balashov]

Or, just colocate in the US.

While it is not a very green or progressive comment to make, nor is it 
healthy or prudent to have an irreverent or dismissive attitude toward 
energy consumption concerns especially when it is the number one 
economic challenge for data centers here today, I cannot imagine a 
facility here that would double your price for half an amp.

Data center power offerings here are not even denominated in terms of 
single amps, but usually tens of them.  If you told someone you needed 
half an amp or 1 amp, they'd probably laugh.  If not, you're in the 
wrong data center.

Is that always going to be the case, is that a wise way to look at it 
that is laden with any prescience or foresight?  I don't know.  I'm just 
saying.  I can't imagine 0.5A -> 0.9A even registering in American 
colocation pricing.

Chris Bagnall wrote:

>>> I wasn't suggesting a tower case (in case that's what you meant).  Get a
>>> 4U/5U rackmount case.
> 
> Given most datacentres will charge either by the rack or by the U, that's a heck of a lot of space to rent for one server.
> 
> As others have suggested, a 1U/2U chassis with one of the low-power Xeon variants is probably your best bet. Make sure whatever kernel you're using has the appropriate ACPI stuff to enable low-power modes on the CPU (C1 I think, on recent Intel chips).
> 
> And avoid FB-DIMMs - they're *incredibly* power hungry compared to bog-standard ECC DIMMs.

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