[Server-devel] location and muscle of the school server

[Sameer Verma]

I've been reading up on the specs for running the XS (XSX - the one that 
relies on off-the-shelf parts) and one thing that keeps bugging me is 
that if we don't have reliable power infrastructure on site (which is 
why XO makes a lot of sense) how can we expect to run a 
common-off-the-shelf server that consumes 200W of power?

I see in the specs that the model of using an XO with external drive as 
a school server is an option, but I wonder how far that has been 
explored. It is a great idea (after all, all nodes on a mesh are just 
that - nodes) but given the current development, it doesn't look like an 
XO has enough to run Squid, etc. I take it that the current run of XS is 
short-term?

Another point that came up a couple of days ago (when I was discussing 
this with a colleague) is why can't the server be further upstream at a 
data center where it has adequate power and cooling?

Of course, any pointers would be great.

cheers,
Sameer

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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/