Words by John McCabe-Dansted [Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 01:35:40AM +0900]: > 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. >
Oh, that's a helluva lot. I see the point. -- Jose Celestino ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.msversus.org/ ; http://techp.org/petition/show/1 http://www.vinc17.org/noswpat.en.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- "If you would have your slaves remain docile, teach them hymns." -- Ed Weathers ("The Empty Box") _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
