Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed... particulary on laptops

2012-04-06 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:22:50AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > admin of a colo-center keeps complaining my server is going >> > > a little over power-limit (which they have set as ~120W per >> > > 24h/avg, while m

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed... particulary on laptops

2012-04-06 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:22:50AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > admin of a colo-center keeps complaining my server is going > > > a little over power-limit (which they have set as ~120W per > > > 24h/avg, while my server needs ~130-135W). So I need to find > > > a way to save a

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-02 Thread Simon
There's "powertop" that I use, which shows a listing of things that are keeping the computer busy. And it gives recommendations on how to lower power usage (including setting kernel options, enabling/disabling stuff in /sys, etc...). It also estimates power consumption in Watts and gives you appr

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Apr 2, 2012 5:00 PM, "Robert David" > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> maybe write your hw configuration first. Eg: CPUs, graphic cards, HDDs >> (size, speed, type) and others. >> >> Also provide lspci output and /proc/cpuinfo. >> >> Then this is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-02 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Apr 2, 2012 5:00 PM, "Robert David" wrote: > > Hi, > > maybe write your hw configuration first. Eg: CPUs, graphic cards, HDDs > (size, speed, type) and others. > > Also provide lspci output and /proc/cpuinfo. > > Then this is a server, maybe with more than one GB nic. If you dont use > spare ni

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-02 Thread Robert David
Hi, maybe write your hw configuration first. Eg: CPUs, graphic cards, HDDs (size, speed, type) and others. Also provide lspci output and /proc/cpuinfo. Then this is a server, maybe with more than one GB nic. If you dont use spare nics disable them in bios. Do the same with other unneeded stuff.

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-01 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 05:56:20PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > Am Sonntag, 1. April 2012, 17:04:58 schrieb Jarry: > > Hi, > > > > admin of a colo-center keeps complaining my server is going > > a little over power-limit (which they have set as ~120W per > > 24h/avg, while my server needs ~

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag, 1. April 2012, 17:04:58 schrieb Jarry: > Hi, > > admin of a colo-center keeps complaining my server is going > a little over power-limit (which they have set as ~120W per > 24h/avg, while my server needs ~130-135W). So I need to find > a way to save at least those 15W, or I will be mov

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-01 Thread Michael Hampicke
> Before going hard(ware) way, I would like to try first > all possible software solutions. What I tried up to now is > cpufreqd, CONFIG_NO_HZ=y, and spindown. In addition to that > I adjusted fan-speeds to a little lower values and turned > off some unneeded peripherials (in bios). > > Is there a

[gentoo-user] Tips for saving power needed...

2012-04-01 Thread Jarry
Hi, admin of a colo-center keeps complaining my server is going a little over power-limit (which they have set as ~120W per 24h/avg, while my server needs ~130-135W). So I need to find a way to save at least those 15W, or I will be moved to higher tarif (which means higher costs for server-housin