[Info-vax] GS1280 wants a home

[Marc Schlensog]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:26:27 -0500
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Michael Moroney wrote:
> 
> > -- if it has the amps.  David T. measured 17 amps, and assuming he
> > plugged his into a standard (for commercial buildings) 120/208V 3
> > phase system, that's 6120 watts. 
> 
> Not much worse than an electric central furnace. Should do fine to
> heat Mr Vaxman's home !
> 
> Seriously though, can one not turn some CPUs off on such a system and
> thus reduce power consumption ?  Or are the CPUs always on, but the OS
> just don't give them any work when they are "disabled" ?

If you're worried about power consumption, the system definitely isn't
for you. AFAICT, the CPUs are on all the time without any power
management whatsoever.

Maybe you want to check what was state-of-the-art in the (non-mobile)
PeeCee sector back then to get an idea what you can expect from a -
even half way recent - Alpha in terms of power saving features.

Marc