Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 13:45:24 -0600 (CST) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "Matthias Apitz" <guru@unixarea.de>, "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge r210 II Message-ID: <56763.76.193.16.112.1488051924.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20170225193202.GA1878@c720-r292778-amd64> References: <20170127144303.GA2706@c720-r292778-amd64.oa.oclc.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701272102350.23751@tripel.monochrome.org> <20170128202103.GA1834@c720-r292778-amd64> <60906.76.193.16.152.1485640452.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <20170225193202.GA1878@c720-r292778-amd64>
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On Sat, February 25, 2017 1:32 pm, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Saturday, January 28, 2017 a las 03:54:12PM -0600, Valeri Galtsev > escribió: > >> >> That looks like a pretty kick-ass machine. I hope you'll have it in a >> >> server room, or some place away from the general public; seems like >> it >> >> would be as noisy as a hovercraft. >> > >> > Re/ the noise, when I tested it with the USB booted system, it was >> like >> > a hovercraft on the power-on self-tests, >> >> Rackmount machines usually are that loud. This is how one of my servers >> got the name jet. > > "jet" is a nice name, I'm still thinking in a good name for it. > > I have it now installed and run today 'make -j8 buildworld' and > 'make -j8 buildkernel'. I once had a bit corrupt built (buildworld was it if my memory doesn't fail me). Ever since I build only with a single thread. Even though it was probably just me or my hardware... Valeri > It took only 72 minutes for world and 6 minutes > for the kernel - amazingly fast. And, it was nearly silent, even with > the 8 CPUs running at 100% busy. The problem with the noise was my fault. > The beast has a small switch inside, called Intrusion Detection Switch, > which > is open when the chassis is not closed. This makes an amber light at the > front flashing, but as well ramps up the fans to full speed. Now the box > is closed and silent. One could can even mount it in the bedroom. > > matthias > > > -- > Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ > +49-176-38902045 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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