On Sa, 2014-11-08 at 11:58 +0100, Christian Kirsch via smartos-discuss wrote: > > That said, if *CPU* power consumption is a major factor, generally this > >> is mostly automatic, as modern CPUs generally “race” to complete work so > >> that they can enter deeper C states. However, deep C states have been > >> known to be the cause of many problems in certain types of network > >> appliance configurations, to the point that best practice is often to > >> disable deep C states. (Again, in a data center environment, this isn’t a > >> big deal.) > >> > > > > I'm a newbie in the smartOS/illumos world. I have a FreeNAS mini (from > > ixsystems) that I wanted to convert to a smartOS server for my home. It's > > based on an Asrock C2750D4I motherboard with an 8-core Intel Avoton C2750 > > CPU. It's a low power setup, and I thought that I would experiment with > > reenabling deep C states to save even more. > > > > Yep. Less than 24 hours later fmd was alerting me to problems with missed > > interrupts. (Wow! Fault management in illumos is amazing compared to > > everything else that I have used--FreeBSD and Linux.) I reverted to the > > stock configuration from SmartOS, and everything went back to normal. The > > extra dollar or two a month for power is ok with me. > > > > Trust the experts that have responded (Keith W. and Garret D.). They > > really do know what they are talking about. > > > > > > Thanks, > > John Grasty > > > > > Hi John, > I am interested in running SmartOS on a similar atom board as well. Could > you please post how much power your system consumes? How many disks are you > using? > > Thanks in advance > Christian >
I ordered the components today. I will measure and mail/post the power consumption when the machine is up and running. Cheers, -- Christopher ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
