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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182911 More actions · Answer 1

WayneS (2/4/2016)
Eirikur Eiriksson (2/4/2016)
This was Alex demonstrating DLM & CI, did an impressive job, must add that I removed the bad practice comment from the screenshot ( for fun)
I am very impressed by the coverage of the products but struggling with fitting them into the hybrid legacy/ cloud scenario I'm dealing with. So far it's the best contender I've seen.
😎
Do you happen to have a link for this presentation / video? I'd really like to see it.

No link, this was a screen sharing session.

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 2

So the other day I was paying bills, and got curious about my electric bill. It was easily 2x what it had been last year at the same time. My first thought was, they raised the rates and I didn't notice, so I looked back at previous bills. August, my bills doubled! The problem was, I couldn't pull up the detailed bills from then to see what the rate was.

Then I got thinking, something *else* had changed in August...

I'd gotten my shiny new (used) PowerEdge R900 with 4x quad core Xeons, 64GB of RAM, dual 1200w power supplies...

Hmm...

So, to test, I've shut it down for the month. Last night I fired up an app our electric company has that will show you your daily / weekly / monthly electric usage and took a look. There was a difference of 10kw/h use between the day the server was shut down, and the previous day...

Not quite enough to cover the entire increase I think, but enough to put a dent in it (I think the new NAS I put in is probably the other chunk, and I can't shut the NAS down.)

Sigh, so my fun toy is now a "gotta go plug it in before I can use it for stuff, and unplug it when I'm done" toy. I don't want to leave it plugged in when it's off, as the power supplies will still draw some power (and I'm too lazy right now to figure out how to get the DRAC card in it to handle powering on / off remotely)

Anyone want a nice rack-mount server?

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 3

jasona.work (2/5/2016)
So the other day I was paying bills, and got curious about my electric bill. It was easily 2x what it had been last year at the same time. My first thought was, they raised the rates and I didn't notice, so I looked back at previous bills. August, my bills doubled! The problem was, I couldn't pull up the detailed bills from then to see what the rate was.
Then I got thinking, something *else* had changed in August...
I'd gotten my shiny new (used) PowerEdge R900 with 4x quad core Xeons, 64GB of RAM, dual 1200w power supplies...
Hmm...
So, to test, I've shut it down for the month. Last night I fired up an app our electric company has that will show you your daily / weekly / monthly electric usage and took a look. There was a difference of 10kw/h use between the day the server was shut down, and the previous day...
Not quite enough to cover the entire increase I think, but enough to put a dent in it (I think the new NAS I put in is probably the other chunk, and I can't shut the NAS down.)
Sigh, so my fun toy is now a "gotta go plug it in before I can use it for stuff, and unplug it when I'm done" toy. I don't want to leave it plugged in when it's off, as the power supplies will still draw some power (and I'm too lazy right now to figure out how to get the DRAC card in it to handle powering on / off remotely)
Anyone want a nice rack-mount server?

Not sure where you live, but did your AC usage go up in the summer and heat usage go down in the colder months? 😀

Also, you might be able to save some electricity if you make sure the server isn't in high-performance mode. For a home server you probably don't need high-performance more.

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246960 More actions · Answer 4

Never noticed your avatar pic before: is that you playing a Strat?

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
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The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 5

Jack Corbett (2/5/2016)
jasona.work (2/5/2016)
So the other day I was paying bills, and got curious about my electric bill. It was easily 2x what it had been last year at the same time. My first thought was, they raised the rates and I didn't notice, so I looked back at previous bills. August, my bills doubled! The problem was, I couldn't pull up the detailed bills from then to see what the rate was.
Then I got thinking, something *else* had changed in August...
I'd gotten my shiny new (used) PowerEdge R900 with 4x quad core Xeons, 64GB of RAM, dual 1200w power supplies...
Hmm...
So, to test, I've shut it down for the month. Last night I fired up an app our electric company has that will show you your daily / weekly / monthly electric usage and took a look. There was a difference of 10kw/h use between the day the server was shut down, and the previous day...
Not quite enough to cover the entire increase I think, but enough to put a dent in it (I think the new NAS I put in is probably the other chunk, and I can't shut the NAS down.)
Sigh, so my fun toy is now a "gotta go plug it in before I can use it for stuff, and unplug it when I'm done" toy. I don't want to leave it plugged in when it's off, as the power supplies will still draw some power (and I'm too lazy right now to figure out how to get the DRAC card in it to handle powering on / off remotely)
Anyone want a nice rack-mount server?
Not sure where you live, but did your AC usage go up in the summer and heat usage go down in the colder months? 😀
Also, you might be able to save some electricity if you make sure the server isn't in high-performance mode. For a home server you probably don't need high-performance more.

Well, my gas bill (natural gas furnace) hasn't been too bad these last couple months...

:hehe:

But you know, I might've had the brute in HP mode, I'll have to check this weekend...

Or I can order one of these from the UK[/url] to replace the brute, I'll get nearly the same performance (although a few less CPU cores)

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 6

Phil Parkin (2/5/2016)
Never noticed your avatar pic before: is that you playing a Strat?

Looks like a bass to me. Notice the right hand is playing with the fingers. Also when you zoom in you can see the tuning knobs and it looks like there is only 4. 🙂

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 7

Phil Parkin (2/5/2016)
Never noticed your avatar pic before: is that you playing a Strat?

No that's Fender Milestone Bass.

I tried to play guitar but I couldn't get my left hand to make the right shapes for the cords.

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246960 More actions · Answer 8

Jack Corbett (2/5/2016)
Phil Parkin (2/5/2016)
Never noticed your avatar pic before: is that you playing a Strat?
No that's Fender Milestone Bass.
I tried to play guitar but I couldn't get my left hand to make the right shapes for the cords.

Cool! Luckily I started playing young enough to get over that hurdle.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246960 More actions · Answer 9

Sean Lange (2/5/2016)
Phil Parkin (2/5/2016)
Never noticed your avatar pic before: is that you playing a Strat?
Looks like a bass to me. Notice the right hand is playing with the fingers. Also when you zoom in you can see the tuning knobs and it looks like there is only 4. 🙂

Oops, did not do my forensics 🙂

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22649 More actions · Answer 10

jasona.work (2/5/2016)
Or I can order one of these from the UK[/url] to replace the brute, I'll get nearly the same performance (although a few less CPU cores)

Let's see... <clickyclicky> Ooh, shiny... <clickyclicky>... *how* much?

Strewth.

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blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 11

jasona.work (2/5/2016)
Jack Corbett (2/5/2016)
jasona.work (2/5/2016)
So the other day I was paying bills, and got curious about my electric bill. It was easily 2x what it had been last year at the same time. My first thought was, they raised the rates and I didn't notice, so I looked back at previous bills. August, my bills doubled! The problem was, I couldn't pull up the detailed bills from then to see what the rate was.
Then I got thinking, something *else* had changed in August...
I'd gotten my shiny new (used) PowerEdge R900 with 4x quad core Xeons, 64GB of RAM, dual 1200w power supplies...
Hmm...
So, to test, I've shut it down for the month. Last night I fired up an app our electric company has that will show you your daily / weekly / monthly electric usage and took a look. There was a difference of 10kw/h use between the day the server was shut down, and the previous day...
Not quite enough to cover the entire increase I think, but enough to put a dent in it (I think the new NAS I put in is probably the other chunk, and I can't shut the NAS down.)
Sigh, so my fun toy is now a "gotta go plug it in before I can use it for stuff, and unplug it when I'm done" toy. I don't want to leave it plugged in when it's off, as the power supplies will still draw some power (and I'm too lazy right now to figure out how to get the DRAC card in it to handle powering on / off remotely)
Anyone want a nice rack-mount server?
Not sure where you live, but did your AC usage go up in the summer and heat usage go down in the colder months? 😀
Also, you might be able to save some electricity if you make sure the server isn't in high-performance mode. For a home server you probably don't need high-performance more.
Well, my gas bill (natural gas furnace) hasn't been too bad these last couple months...
:hehe:
But you know, I might've had the brute in HP mode, I'll have to check this weekend...
Or I can order one of these from the UK[/url] to replace the brute, I'll get nearly the same performance (although a few less CPU cores)

You know, Jason, I have to admit that back when you were talking about all the toys you were going to get (storage, big servers, etc.) I was wondering what it would do to your electric bill. While a rise is expected, I didn't expect that it would double. When summer comes and your AC kicks in, your electric bill is going to go through the roof.

That DTE app is supposed to be pretty nifty. I haven't downloaded it or anything, so my knowledge is all second-hand. What do you think of it?

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 12

Ed Wagner (2/5/2016)
jasona.work (2/5/2016)
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jasona.work (2/5/2016)
So the other day I was paying bills, and got curious about my electric bill. It was easily 2x what it had been last year at the same time. My first thought was, they raised the rates and I didn't notice, so I looked back at previous bills. August, my bills doubled! The problem was, I couldn't pull up the detailed bills from then to see what the rate was.
Then I got thinking, something *else* had changed in August...
I'd gotten my shiny new (used) PowerEdge R900 with 4x quad core Xeons, 64GB of RAM, dual 1200w power supplies...
Hmm...
So, to test, I've shut it down for the month. Last night I fired up an app our electric company has that will show you your daily / weekly / monthly electric usage and took a look. There was a difference of 10kw/h use between the day the server was shut down, and the previous day...
Not quite enough to cover the entire increase I think, but enough to put a dent in it (I think the new NAS I put in is probably the other chunk, and I can't shut the NAS down.)
Sigh, so my fun toy is now a "gotta go plug it in before I can use it for stuff, and unplug it when I'm done" toy. I don't want to leave it plugged in when it's off, as the power supplies will still draw some power (and I'm too lazy right now to figure out how to get the DRAC card in it to handle powering on / off remotely)
Anyone want a nice rack-mount server?
Not sure where you live, but did your AC usage go up in the summer and heat usage go down in the colder months? 😀
Also, you might be able to save some electricity if you make sure the server isn't in high-performance mode. For a home server you probably don't need high-performance more.
Well, my gas bill (natural gas furnace) hasn't been too bad these last couple months...
:hehe:
But you know, I might've had the brute in HP mode, I'll have to check this weekend...
Or I can order one of these from the UK[/url] to replace the brute, I'll get nearly the same performance (although a few less CPU cores)
You know, Jason, I have to admit that back when you were talking about all the toys you were going to get (storage, big servers, etc.) I was wondering what it would do to your electric bill. While a rise is expected, I didn't expect that it would double. When summer comes and your AC kicks in, your electric bill is going to go through the roof.
That DTE app is supposed to be pretty nifty. I haven't downloaded it or anything, so my knowledge is all second-hand. What do you think of it?

Yeah, I didn't think it would double either...

Still not 100% convinced it's just the server though.

The DTE app isn't too bad, when you look at a single day you can pull up how much was used on an hour-by-hour basis, or just look at the graph (which is a circle with the use bars going out from the middle, which I think actually makes it somewhat easier to read quickly) Being from DTE, the only "ads" you get (and then only if you click on certain items that are "optional" like the "Energy Bridge" in tools) are for additional DTE services (I've not gone plowing through a lot of the options, yet.) For what I paid for the app (free, BTW)? Worth it.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 13

ThomasRushton (2/5/2016)
jasona.work (2/5/2016)
Or I can order one of these from the UK[/url] to replace the brute, I'll get nearly the same performance (although a few less CPU cores)
Let's see... <clickyclicky> Ooh, shiny... <clickyclicky>... *how* much?
Strewth.

Ditto.

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 14

jasona.work (2/5/2016)
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jasona.work (2/5/2016)
So the other day I was paying bills, and got curious about my electric bill. It was easily 2x what it had been last year at the same time. My first thought was, they raised the rates and I didn't notice, so I looked back at previous bills. August, my bills doubled! The problem was, I couldn't pull up the detailed bills from then to see what the rate was.
Then I got thinking, something *else* had changed in August...
I'd gotten my shiny new (used) PowerEdge R900 with 4x quad core Xeons, 64GB of RAM, dual 1200w power supplies...
Hmm...
So, to test, I've shut it down for the month. Last night I fired up an app our electric company has that will show you your daily / weekly / monthly electric usage and took a look. There was a difference of 10kw/h use between the day the server was shut down, and the previous day...
Not quite enough to cover the entire increase I think, but enough to put a dent in it (I think the new NAS I put in is probably the other chunk, and I can't shut the NAS down.)
Sigh, so my fun toy is now a "gotta go plug it in before I can use it for stuff, and unplug it when I'm done" toy. I don't want to leave it plugged in when it's off, as the power supplies will still draw some power (and I'm too lazy right now to figure out how to get the DRAC card in it to handle powering on / off remotely)
Anyone want a nice rack-mount server?
Not sure where you live, but did your AC usage go up in the summer and heat usage go down in the colder months? 😀
Also, you might be able to save some electricity if you make sure the server isn't in high-performance mode. For a home server you probably don't need high-performance more.
Well, my gas bill (natural gas furnace) hasn't been too bad these last couple months...
:hehe:
But you know, I might've had the brute in HP mode, I'll have to check this weekend...
Or I can order one of these from the UK[/url] to replace the brute, I'll get nearly the same performance (although a few less CPU cores)
You know, Jason, I have to admit that back when you were talking about all the toys you were going to get (storage, big servers, etc.) I was wondering what it would do to your electric bill. While a rise is expected, I didn't expect that it would double. When summer comes and your AC kicks in, your electric bill is going to go through the roof.
That DTE app is supposed to be pretty nifty. I haven't downloaded it or anything, so my knowledge is all second-hand. What do you think of it?
Yeah, I didn't think it would double either...
Still not 100% convinced it's just the server though.
The DTE app isn't too bad, when you look at a single day you can pull up how much was used on an hour-by-hour basis, or just look at the graph (which is a circle with the use bars going out from the middle, which I think actually makes it somewhat easier to read quickly) Being from DTE, the only "ads" you get (and then only if you click on certain items that are "optional" like the "Energy Bridge" in tools) are for additional DTE services (I've not gone plowing through a lot of the options, yet.) For what I paid for the app (free, BTW)? Worth it.

Thanks for the info on the app. I've heard all the advertising, but am forced to wonder what else they have in there.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 15

jasona.work (2/5/2016)
So the other day I was paying bills, and got curious about my electric bill. It was easily 2x what it had been last year at the same time. My first thought was, they raised the rates and I didn't notice, so I looked back at previous bills. August, my bills doubled! The problem was, I couldn't pull up the detailed bills from then to see what the rate was.
Then I got thinking, something *else* had changed in August...
I'd gotten my shiny new (used) PowerEdge R900 with 4x quad core Xeons, 64GB of RAM, dual 1200w power supplies...
Hmm...
So, to test, I've shut it down for the month. Last night I fired up an app our electric company has that will show you your daily / weekly / monthly electric usage and took a look. There was a difference of 10kw/h use between the day the server was shut down, and the previous day...
Not quite enough to cover the entire increase I think, but enough to put a dent in it (I think the new NAS I put in is probably the other chunk, and I can't shut the NAS down.)
Sigh, so my fun toy is now a "gotta go plug it in before I can use it for stuff, and unplug it when I'm done" toy. I don't want to leave it plugged in when it's off, as the power supplies will still draw some power (and I'm too lazy right now to figure out how to get the DRAC card in it to handle powering on / off remotely)
Anyone want a nice rack-mount server?

DRACs are great when you have to power cycle remote servers, especially in hostile country.