I've had a rather power-hungry Dell server running Cortex for the past 4 years consuming a whopping 180W. A recent failure of the cpu heatsink prompted me to build it's replacement: A HP Microserver
This consumes a far more respectable 30W.
However I didn't just stop there..given the Microserver has no RS232 port, I migrated to the PCU USB module at the same time, and to Cortex v25. Glad to report all working fine.
However I didn't stop there (I was on a roll...). I took the opportunity to upgrade my Cortex server from Windows 2003 to the latest and greatest Microsoft 64-bit OS (Windows 2008R2) . Cortex is still happy.
But I didn't stop there (feeling confident by the success of the previous day)...I upgraded the RAM to 4Gb and installed the free VMWare ESXi 4 hypervisor, and ran the 2008R2 server as a virtual machine.
Cortex is still happy!
I'm now able to run other test workstations and servers on this small form-factor, power efficient piece of kit.
I have screen shots of the installation process and if anyone is interested I can make them into a blog post.
Cheers
Neil
This consumes a far more respectable 30W.
However I didn't just stop there..given the Microserver has no RS232 port, I migrated to the PCU USB module at the same time, and to Cortex v25. Glad to report all working fine.
However I didn't stop there (I was on a roll...). I took the opportunity to upgrade my Cortex server from Windows 2003 to the latest and greatest Microsoft 64-bit OS (Windows 2008R2) . Cortex is still happy.
But I didn't stop there (feeling confident by the success of the previous day)...I upgraded the RAM to 4Gb and installed the free VMWare ESXi 4 hypervisor, and ran the 2008R2 server as a virtual machine.
Cortex is still happy!
I'm now able to run other test workstations and servers on this small form-factor, power efficient piece of kit.
I have screen shots of the installation process and if anyone is interested I can make them into a blog post.
Cheers
Neil
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