From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261547AbVHBOYa (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:24:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261553AbVHBOXM (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:23:12 -0400 Received: from gate.in-addr.de ([212.8.193.158]:13779 "EHLO mx.in-addr.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261549AbVHBOUx (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:20:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 16:20:49 +0200 From: Lars Marowsky-Bree To: Lee Revell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Power consumption HZ100, HZ250, HZ1000: new numbers Message-ID: <20050802142049.GV12868@marowsky-bree.de> References: <20050731211020.GB27433@elf.ucw.cz> <42ED4CCF.6020803@andrew.cmu.edu> <20050731224752.GC27580@elf.ucw.cz> <1122852234.13000.27.camel@mindpipe> <20050801074447.GJ9841@khan.acc.umu.se> <42EE4B4A.80602@andrew.cmu.edu> <20050801204245.GC17258@thunk.org> <42EEFB9B.10508@andrew.cmu.edu> <42EF70BD.7070804@earthlink.net> <1122991380.5490.24.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1122991380.5490.24.camel@mindpipe> X-Ctuhulu: HASTUR User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2005-08-02T10:02:59, Lee Revell wrote: > > Maybe new desktop systems - but what about the tens of millions of old > > systems that don't. > Does anyone really give a shit about saving power on the desktop anyway? > This is basically a laptop issue. Desktops? Screw desktops. (Unless of course you're one of those environmental friendly guys, but then you probably are simply too cheap to buy a SUV too!) But rather think "data center". Those guys want maximum cycles per watt. One way of getting there is using less watts when we don't use all cycles. This bring down power consumption, which directly brings down heat production, which brings down A/C needs. Everyone wants to save power. -- High Availability & Clustering SUSE Labs, Research and Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - A Novell Business -- Charles Darwin "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"