Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:58:23 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Duty-cycle on mini's (was Re: Compiler patches ...) Message-ID: <42D0E32F.1000105@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <9F1F43A3-AD10-41CC-BD11-EF912D232D6B@orthanc.ca> References: <42CEF70A.2060605@freebsd.org> <20050709000616.22155977.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20050708230454.GA4742@dragon.NUXI.org> <42CF1B91.2090902@freebsd.org> <9F1F43A3-AD10-41CC-BD11-EF912D232D6B@orthanc.ca>
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> I can't speak to "designed" for flat-out operation, but my mini runs > 24x7 without complaint. > > During the day the CPU is often pinned for hours on end doing massive > compiles. Or running simple Java apps :-P Hmmm, Java ? That doesn't sound like FreeBSD :) FreeBSD/ppc's idle proc is the equivalent of running pinned 24x7. OSX may even have a temperature sensor/fan speed feedback loop ala the G5 to keep things under control. later, Peter.
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