With my office shutting down and everyone moving to the city, there’s a possibility they won’t need some of the computer equipment, including some of the servers. I’m thinking about grabbing one of the servers, and maybe another computer or two. My main reason for doing this is so I can setup a MythTV backend with a lot more storage than the one I just got up and running. My main concerns though, with the server, are power usage and cooling. If I get one of the servers I think I’d wind up getting, it has 3 350W power supplies in it. Which means if it used max power, it would draw 1.5kW per hour. One of the guys I work with (who’s also the guy that got me into MythTV) has the same server at home for his MythTV and has his in a separate room with a window A/C unit running 24/7/365. He told me the other day that his electric bill is $500/month!!! I don’t know if I’m ready to see that high of an electric bill.

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