[33581] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Forcasts, why won't anyone believe them?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex)
Tue Jan 16 23:39:37 2001
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:26:08 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: Alex <alex@nac.net>
To: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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Yes, but is it *really* measurable?
I mean, are we talking a difference of more than a watt (in a machine that
already pulls 80 to 120 watts)?
1% difference in power consumption could be related to someone passing
wind in the building on the same power grid.
> So, a busy Linux server generates more heat and uses more power than an
> idle Linux server.
>
> I think FreeBSD does the same; I don't know about other OSs.
> --
> Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
>
>
