With POCOs raising their rates, I'm curious to see what y'all are paying on powering your equipment, especially in these summer months where you need to run the A/C as well.
I just got an $800 electric bill. Two Lian Li 343s with Dual Operton Tyan motherboards (older models) and about 25 1TB hard drives between them. Plus a Promise Tech iSCSI array with 12 1TB hard drives in that. A Vista Media Center, XBox 360 acting as an extender, Sonicwall, two Netgear switches is what is on 24/7. I got three Panasonic plasmas too - 65 inch, 50 inch and a 42 inch which get about 5 hours of use per day between all of them.
Then there is the Central AC which I need to run even when I'm not at home to keep my dog cool (although I do raise it a couple of degrees with the scheduled events). Oh and speaking of AC, the server stuff is in my garage which has a portable AC in it running 24/7. Maybe I should try to eliminate that and figure a way to get my central AC in there (cool air in with no return as that can bring carbon monoxide back into the house).
I just got an $800 electric bill. Two Lian Li 343s with Dual Operton Tyan motherboards (older models) and about 25 1TB hard drives between them. Plus a Promise Tech iSCSI array with 12 1TB hard drives in that. A Vista Media Center, XBox 360 acting as an extender, Sonicwall, two Netgear switches is what is on 24/7. I got three Panasonic plasmas too - 65 inch, 50 inch and a 42 inch which get about 5 hours of use per day between all of them.
Then there is the Central AC which I need to run even when I'm not at home to keep my dog cool (although I do raise it a couple of degrees with the scheduled events). Oh and speaking of AC, the server stuff is in my garage which has a portable AC in it running 24/7. Maybe I should try to eliminate that and figure a way to get my central AC in there (cool air in with no return as that can bring carbon monoxide back into the house).