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Server Consuming less than 0.4 Amps of Power

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Best tool is probably APC's UPS selector although it gives maximum load so doesn't allow for CPUs running at 50%.

US version http://www.apc.com/tools/ups_selector/US/en/server/device
UK version http://www.apc.com/tools/ups_selector/GB/en/server/device

Plug PowerEdge 1950 into the calculator and it gives 393 Watts, I doubt you will find any server that has 0.4A @ 220v - that's about 80W. Most CPUs take about 80W unless it's a laptop, then you're talking about 50W total.  You may just scrape by with something like a ProLiant Microserver although it's not 1U.

If this is for a hosted solution the normal thing that people do is pay for several Us to get the required power but fill some of them with blanks.
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Hi,
I am currently using dell r210 which seems peaking at 0.35 the most. And yes it is for hosting solution. The max I have seen at time of booting was 110Watts. I have number of dell r210 with me , unfortunately they come at hefty price tag.

If there are no other servers than r210 in market consuming less than 0.4 Amps then possibly I will stay with them. But I am not convinced that if every ISP here is saying 25£ for 1u /0.4 amps and 45-50£ for 1U/0.8amps, no other vendor except Dell have realised the potential of making server energy efficient.

Thanks
"no other vendor except Dell have realised the potential of making server energy efficient."

That's a pretty bold statement especially since your original servers were 2 processors and the R210 only takes 1. Take a look at HP's Project Moonshot, they're using Intel ATOM CPUs. The power consumption is down to the CPU and that's down to Intel/AMD/ARM etc, nothing to do with Dell.

Single CPU servers at low wattage are easy, you just pick one with an E3-1220L at 20W http://ark.intel.com/products/53401, it's only dual-core/quad thread though. HP DL320e gen8v2 1*E3-1220L, 32GB RAM, 2*SSDs 68.3W peak 54W idle. Well under your 0.4W but it isn't one of the two servers you initially listed.
Hi,
I didn't look at number of cpus within listing.

I will be OK for a single CPU quad core machine.  The app I need to run is data intensive and I will have 16-24GB RAM to take care of it.  I am really looking for a cheaper option to create rack of  1u servers.

Any suggestion please?

Thanks
The HP one is more expensive I'm afraid, £500 before you add CPU,RAM,disks.
IBM X3250 M4 can also be supplied with E3-1220L but probably more expensive than the Dell too. Hmm, you can get away with  E3-1230L which is quad core/8 threads, 25W.

Even supermicro http://www.broadberry.co.uk/supermicro-rackmount-servers?gclid=CNXbrNqf37kCFY7LtAod70gAFw is going to cost about £1000
Hmm, rack full of 1U servers, so about 40 of them?
Blades may be a better option
Hi,
I have been told there will be 44-48 1u slots. Couple of them will be used by switch,firewall so yes I am looking for 40 servers.
We are looking at hosting around 40K small product test websites with load of 500-1K on each box.
I don't know your webserver/OS but if 40 off single quad core / 24GB RAM can do the job then maybe 20 off dual quad core / 48GB RAM will do the same job as would 10 off dual 8-core / 384GB servers*. Of course each individual server would then take more than 0.4A but they wouldn't take more than 1.6A so the power consumption and performance would be the same, you would just have to add a load of blanking plates. You'd also be dealing with the cheaper 2U dual processor boxes.

I see that in old datacentres sometimes, 7 or 8 servers in the bottom of the cabinet and the rest empty due to power/cooling limitations. It's still cheaper than using lots of low power servers normally.

*Oops, slipped a bit more RAM in that one, but 24*16GB is pretty standard for a 2U server.
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