Comments on: Restore a failed Harddrive

By: sblackb

sblackb — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:53:16 +0000

Alex, I've done a bit of research on the notion of a "dark" website background, an idea popularized by blackle.com, and concluded that there is no significant power savings with modern LCD monitors. I know that every little bit counts and not everyone uses LCD technology, but I have to balance readability with power savings. Thanks for your comment.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:18:41 +0000

if you are trying to conserve power don’t make websites with white backgrounds it wastes alot more electricity than if you had a black background.
and also thanks for the advice on restoring disk drives.

By: sblackb

sblackb — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:10:52 +0000

So I broke down and ordered Windows HomeServer yesterday. I built a system a year ago to run the RC1 trial and I like the features, but now with the recent crash I feel like I need to resurrect the project. At one time I had a dream of installing Linux and going the whole open source route to the home server, but my skills in the Linux space are lacking and when it comes to backups, I need to know it works.

I know this solution is anti-watthacker, so I will be monitoring the Home Server and making tweaks to reduce its energy consumption. With some poking and prodding, we should be able to get Idle use down to 20 – 30 watts and maybe even employ wake on LAN technology. Not sure how that works, but I like the concept.

If anyone has any experience with these types of installs, I would love to hear your comments.