A survey of business IT asked for top ideas for Green IT. In spite of clients PCs using far more energy than servers, thin clients were not in the list.
Here are the kinds of numbers I see:
| Item | 100 clients+monitor | total |
|---|---|---|
| file/auth server @10% utilization=300W | 10000W | 10300W |
| terminal server @50% utilization=500W | 5000W | 5500W |
| Item | 100 clients+monitor | total |
| file/auth server mass=10kg | 1500kg | 15010kg |
| terminal server mass=22kg | 500kg | 522kg |
Then there’s maintenance… There is no downside to thin clients except video performs slower but business largely should not care about video. It is the “MIPS-eating app” M$ invented to sell more PCs, not something most need in their jobs. For the 80% or so of jobs thin clients can do, they should be the default choice. The savings in capital and maintenance is too large to ignore any longer. I have about the lowest cost electricity in the world and it matter here.
see NetworkWorld
That only works if you can put everything in one room, but it is the cheapest. Because of the gamers it is very hard to buy a cheap video card these days.
Nah, Greenest IT Requires Multiseats. 😀