> > FYI, commands were > > CPU heater: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null & 8 to 16 times > > That's not a terribly good CPU-intensive load. Try something like > this a few times in parallel > > pi=$(echo "scale=100000; 4*a(1)" | bc -l) & > > I can feel the space under my desk heating up after just a few seconds > of this... > > Thanks, > Matt
Switching to Matt's suggested heater, and revising tar to pipe to a dd (apparantly tar can tell when you are throwing away it's output...), I get 427 watts. Or, 413 watts, after a few minutes. Or 420, after a few more. So this is a little more like what would be expected from the calc website (252). cpu heater: pi=$(echo "scale=100000; 4*a(1)" | bc -l) & ( 8 times ) disk heater: tar cf - /amsdata | dd of=/dev/null The question remains what is it actually measuring? --John _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
