This might be interesting to SPCR folks who run a Linux system: http://lwn.net/Articles/528124/ It's a new driver in the works that allows enforcing a configurable amount of idle time for the CPU. In a comment on the article, the code author notes: We have a simple userspace app for example that can...

I was just looking at the pic and all I saw was regular RAM slots, not SODIMM like the text says. Download the manual from my link if you want to be totally sure. Oh yes I see what you mean. The linuxdevices article says SODIMM yet it is clearly DIMM in the specs, photo and manual. Must be a mistake.

Mats wrote:It obviously uses regular desktop RAM and nothing else.
Here's the product link.

Thanks for the link.

What do you mean "and nothing else"? That it cannot use SODIMM memory?

This looks interesting for an always-on server. Super Micro X7SLA http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7206125225.html Gigabit ethernet, 4 SATA ports, PCI and PCIe ports. Available in single or dual core versions. This other article implies that the board consumes only 4w (or 8w for dual core): http:/...

That Dell RM112 looks amazing. According to it's "80 plus" testing report the efficiency keeps improving as load get lower, even at 20%. Does anyone know any more about this PSU? Has anyone seen anything else like this? Better than 90% efficiency when the system is idling at 51w seems streets ahead ...