From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 18:56:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32A80106564A for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:56:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C8D8FC1D for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m75IuTZC052568 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:56:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:56:12 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080805185612.GC47096@thought.org> References: <20080805181926.GA24000@thought.org> <20080805183320.GE60428@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080805183320.GE60428@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: Re: general questions about 7.0 and computer efficiency...... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:56:16 -0000 On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:33:20PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 11:19:31AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > I kep track on the load on my main server, and it is rarely above > > 0.20. If the load is a poor metric of power use, what is > > better? (My new `Watt-o-Meter' is checking the power right now, > > but I would like to know what drink the most juice: disk,RAM, > > processor, OpSys? Number of hit/hours? I want my upgrades to > > be as cost-effective as possible, in other words. > > There isn't a good generic answer to your question. "It all depends" on > exactly what hardware you have. A good rule of thumb is 10W for each > disk drive, but some were much higher. Pull the data sheets for your > drives. > > A Kill-A-Watt on the power cord is the best way to answer the total > question. My old ancient Dell Optiplex running 5.5 draws about 60 watts > including the APS 350CS UPS. Am not about to unplug it without good > reason: > > dkelly@AndrAIa {1004} uptime > 1:30PM up 670 days, 21:08, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > I found a 10G drive in the trash yesterday. Would one day be a nice > upgrade for the 4G drive in the above. the datasheets for the 40G drives are lost lost. but what is your best guuess about my old 1998 HP's (400MHz) compared to a newer, generic 1.8GHz processor? IIRC, my AMD 2.8GHz uproc sucks up around 75watts; the Intel was maybe 35w. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net > ======================================================================== > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org