Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:00:44 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Duty-cycle on mini's (was Re: Compiler patches ...) Message-ID: <9F1F43A3-AD10-41CC-BD11-EF912D232D6B@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <42CF1B91.2090902@freebsd.org> References: <42CEF70A.2060605@freebsd.org> <20050709000616.22155977.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20050708230454.GA4742@dragon.NUXI.org> <42CF1B91.2090902@freebsd.org>
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>> Are they really designed to run at full bore at the time? > > You'd hope so, and that the fans blowing full speed would allow > this to be the case. I've not had this happen on mine, so perhaps > it's a ventilation issue ? 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 The only side effect I've noticed from heavy CPU load is the cat wanting to curl up on top of it. (Which also doesn't seem to bother the machine :-) --lyndon
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