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Fuckin woot!!
BobTheHob:
@Orethrius: lol, you misunderstood. The outlet is being installed by my brother and I. The server is the thing that puts off the RF. Its outlawed by the FCC for home use cause of the RF emmision. I just have to install a higher amperage outlet because the server requires more than 15 amps by itself. I still dunno about the electricity costs, cuz its gonna be running 24/7, oh well.
Orethrius:
Okay, so change that last bit to apply to whatever agent "told" you that you need to not run an Onyx2 in a residence. God knows I've set people up with more powerful (read: processing power) rigs, nobody complained then. Check the regs *yourself* because, unfortunately, our country is FULL of people who want nothing more than a little extra lining in their pockets, and it pays to be able to quote bylaws and work-arounds to "officials" who want to encroach on your installation. ;)
BobTheHob:
--- Quote from: Orethrius ---Okay, so change that last bit to apply to whatever agent "told" you that you need to not run an Onyx2 in a residence. God knows I've set people up with more powerful (read: processing power) rigs, nobody complained then. Check the regs *yourself* because, unfortunately, our country is FULL of people who want nothing more than a little extra lining in their pockets, and it pays to be able to quote bylaws and work-arounds to "officials" who want to encroach on your installation. ;)
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lol, I probably should have specified, I had checked on it myself. The Onyx2 has an FCC rating of "Class A", which basically means that it can only be used in an enviroment classified as commercial or industrial. The electromagnetic emmisions are too high for legal residential use.
Also, the processing power isnt really the issue with the legality, its really more like the power comsumption and actual systems in place. For instance, the Onyx2 consumes about 1,840 watts @ 120V, which if you do the math (1840/120), comes out to about 15.33A. So basiacally what were talking about here, is a server that can run on 120v, but consumes over 15 amps, therefore, you couldent even plug it into a normal household (15amp) outlet by iteself without tripping the breaker. So, thats alot of power, and usually when ya got alot of power, ya get alot of electromagnitism. Also, you have the part about the subsystems, like all the SCSI controllers, SCSI cables, backplanes, and backup power supplys etc.
All in all, it is a power hungry bitch. I dunno what I'm gonna do about the electric bill. I found a source on the net that said the Onyx2's predesessor, the Onyx, uses about $80-$100 a month in electricity. I have some people lined up though for accounts for 3d rendering and animation, so that should pay for it.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: BobTheHob ---lol, I probably should have specified, I had checked on it myself. The Onyx2 has an FCC rating of "Class A", which basically means that it can only be used in an enviroment classified as commercial or industrial. The electromagnetic emmisions are too high for legal residential use.
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I've build small FM transmitters with power output of 200mW - above above the UK's legal limit of 10mW, and I've never been caut so fuck the FCC, you'd be very unlucky if you're gripped.
--- Quote from: BobTheHob ---Also, the processing power isnt really the issue with the legality, its really more like the power comsumption and actual systems in place. For instance, the Onyx2 consumes about 1,840 watts @ 120V, which if you do the math (1840/120), comes out to about 15.33A. So basiacally what were talking about here, is a server that can run on 120v, but consumes over 15 amps, therefore, you couldent even plug it into a normal household (15amp) outlet by iteself without tripping the breaker. So, thats alot of power, and usually when ya got alot of power, ya get alot of electromagnitism. Also, you have the part about the subsystems, like all the SCSI controllers, SCSI cables, backplanes, and backup power supplys etc.
All in all, it is a power hungry bitch. I dunno what I'm gonna do about the electric bill. I found a source on the net that said the Onyx2's predesessor, the Onyx, uses about $80-$100 a month in electricity. I have some people lined up though for accounts for 3d rendering and animation, so that should pay for it.
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The problem seems to be the huge current (120V must be pretty shitty in the UK on our 230V supply nearly 3KW is ok) an electric cooker outlet could be used. From what you're saying this system will have a very large swicthed mode power supply and the problem is that some RF will be conduced into the mains power supply, probably more than will be radiated, you can buy special RF filters that you connect to the mains supply of your equiptment to solve this problem.
WMD:
A computer that uses 1800 watts? Wtf is in that thing?
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