Well our home Athlon Debian system seems to know all about fan management (noisy bugger in summer!). Linux certainly has power and fan management, it's in the APM software suite. The only problems I have seen in APM is where the hardware manufacturer does not tell how to manage the fans. Start with the Red Hat hardware compatibility list: that, at least, will give you a list of hardware known to be working with Linux (aim for the fully qualified ones). The IBM bladeserver I was mentioning was running Linux (didn't check if it was Red Hat ES or SuSE), and certainly knows about cooling management. The Dell webpage is confusing if you look at their home/personal range as it's all Windows, but go to their corporate section and look under rack mount servers. They have Linux (Red Hat) as an option, and that will know about fan management. But the Dells are noisy.
Cheers, Jill. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Hannigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 22 July 2005 9:41 AM To: Rowling, Jill Cc: Slug list Subject: Re: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware. On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 05:00:20PM +1000, Rowling, Jill wrote: > Then again, if your computer room is too hot, everything will be > noisy. Bring the temperature down to you-need-jacket level and it all > quietens down remarkably. Ah, yeah, but that's the issue for some (most?) machine / linux combos; linux doesn't necessarily have the power / fan management required. Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
