Linux Version of filePro....Redhat vs Debian

[Walter Vaughan]

Fairlight wrote:

> Who puts a *nix server on power management mode?  Never, here.  That was
> designed specifically for desktops, IMHO...and I don't use it there either,
> even in Windows.  

I agree with you. But have you tried to buy a server in the last few weeks? You 
can't find out diddly anymore about raw performance, but golly-geewiz all of a 
sudden everyone is "green". Its all about the power draw, I can get all kinds of 
graphs about power draw, but it's impossible to get speed comparisions anymore. 
  I'm talking about quad-core Xeons vs Opertons. I think a dual 5335 quad core 
will do me for a few years, but all I can find out is that I'll save $500 in 
power bills.

I kid you not. I got a direct mail piece from Dell about their green 2U server 
printed on organically grown recycled paper. They had a link to a server at 35% 
off. As soon as I installed more than one drive (which it offered) and selected 
RAID 10 it then complained that I was no longer green and wouldn't let me put it 
in the cart. It complained even louder when I selected a second CPU, and even 
louder when I chose 8 Gig of memory. It said that it would cost me $4710 or so, 
but I got all sort of errors about not being environmentally responsible and 
wouldn't put it in the cart. Al Gore works for Dell now?

Try and find anything Not related to power management on the newest servers from 
Dell HP IBM. That's all you will find. Try and find specjb2005 numbers.

> If I want a server to save power, I know where the off
> switch is.  That's like the absolute first thing I disable on every system
> before I even boot the OS the first time. 

Mark, you're so old school. Don't you know that servers that don't automatically 
  control how much power they draw is causing the global heat wave attacking the 
midwest this weekend?

:)