So, replaced two older machines that are doing the majority of the downloads with one machine and a virtual machine:
- 4GB: twice the amount of RAM (partly needed for the VM)
- 2* 500GB disks: twice the amount of diskspace (with half the amount of drives)
- C2D@2,1GHz: twice the amount of processor power (loading large newsgroups was getting slow)
And the main reason to do this:
- less then 80W/hour of power used: half the amount of the previous two machines!
for advances in electronics!