Re: Server hardware advice.

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

Michael Stone wrote:

> Newer server hardware is much more power efficient and will draw very
> little power when idle. This is one of the drawbacks to saving money by
> using old hardware. (You can still use old hardware, just be sure it's
> new enough that it's from the era when power efficiency became a thing.)

I am not sure who you are answering to. I recently looked at HP DL360 and
DL380 Gen10. Yes indeed they are more power efficient compared to Gen9 in
terms they provide more calculation cycles for the same power, but this can
not be compared to a PC.