CPU Frequency Scaling

[Florin Andrei]

HM Eng.Prowip wrote:

> mhhh ... especially for servers power does matter, power usage does not matter 
> at all but that is only a economical question, i got curious here do you run 
> your server really on DC or battery?

In a datacenter with more than a few thousands of servers, energy 
consumption starts to matter quite a bit. And it's not just straight 
energy costs - it's also energy required to keep the temperature low and 
prevent the whole datacenter to boil over.

Arjan is right - it's surprising to realize that people are not thinking 
about this issue a lot more.

P.S.: Heck, my own webserver is an AMD64 2600 under the table in my 
living room, running 24/7. Come to think of it, I'd like to reduce the 
power consumption on that system a little bit, given that it's almost 
idle most of the time.

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Florin Andrei

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