On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Jose Celestino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't you save more power if you use your memory as cache (for > filesystem, for instance) than simply shutting it down (even if that's > possible, i don't know)?
According to this: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/05/30/the_power_saving_guide/page6.html a pair of DIMMs required 8 watts, while spinning up a harddisk took 8-9 watts. YMMV, but it seems plausible that shutting down the memory would save power, even if the cache was moderately effective. -- John C. McCabe-Dansted PhD Student University of Western Australia _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
