>But what makes this project stand out from the regular stuff is that I >only use the media file server a couple of hours 3-4 nights a week, >watching movies in the home theater or on the bedroom flatscreen. Or >when copying new stuff to it. So is it possible to make OpenSolaris go >into S3 sleep to avoid using a lot of watts running it 24/7? Or am I >thinking too much like Windows here? Would the easiest solution be to >shut down the computer and boot it up when it's needed? I suppose >OpenSolari s doesn't need the two minutes of boot time before it's >completely useable that Windows does, right? But can shutdown be done >with automation, like pressing the power button? This system needs to >be controlled from my main server, which runs Girder and can send >messages through the network and even turn on and off buttons with a >Phidget board.
Solaris at this time does not support powersaving mode beyond the "hlt" instruction or on/off. And some device specific power management (such as spinning down idle harddisks) Solaris systems will shutdown cleanly after a (short) power button press. If the system has a supported CPU, the OpenSolaris "powernow" driver can be used to further lower the CPU usage. >All this is not only because I'm cheap (I am that...) and want to save >power and drive life by not running this system 24/7, but more because >we are running a very environmentally friendly house here - heat >exchanger, firewood from our own lot, a car converted to LPG instead of >gasoline and so on. Thanks in advance! Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
