On 2019-09-07, James Huddle <james.r.hud...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I recently purchased a Dell T-330 server that I had intended to >> install OpenBSD on and use as a serious web server. My goal was to >> have more control than would be (naturally) given with, say an AWS VM. >> And by control, I mean what is *not* running on the box - security-wise. >> >> Apparently, Dell ships these with an abundance of "security features" >> already on the box. And not a lot of obvious opt-outs. And a proclivity >> not not understand that "no means no" in regard to turning off these >> features. >> One of which used 60% of (one of 8) processors, all the time. Constantly >> running >> one of my processors at 60% - as long as it was powered up.
>I don't think that is from some hidden "security feature". >Where is the CPU use showing up? Can you send output from "top -Sn", >"vmstat -i" and a complete dmesg? Is there something I could do (like top) to discover why my external HD turns itself on every 5 seconds after powering down the main box? -Jim On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 8:47 AM Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2019-09-07, James Huddle <james.r.hud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I recently purchased a Dell T-330 server that I had intended to > > install OpenBSD on and use as a serious web server. My goal was to > > have more control than would be (naturally) given with, say an AWS VM. > > And by control, I mean what is *not* running on the box - security-wise. > > > > Apparently, Dell ships these with an abundance of "security features" > > already on the box. And not a lot of obvious opt-outs. And a proclivity > > not not understand that "no means no" in regard to turning off these > > features. > > One of which used 60% of (one of 8) processors, all the time. Constantly > > running > > one of my processors at 60% - as long as it was powered up. > > I don't think that is from some hidden "security feature". > Where is the CPU use showing up? Can you send output from "top -Sn", > "vmstat -i" and a complete dmesg? > > >
