On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Geoff Steckel <[email protected]> wrote: > Were you running a CPU-intensive workload on the CPU(s)? Changing the clock > speed of an idle chip won't change the power usage very much in absolute > terms. If the CPU has multiple cores, exercising them all at once may > maximize power usage so check with all of them running hard. Memory chips > also use more power when cycled, but if the CPU is stalled waiting for > memory it may use less power, so the interaction is not a priori well > defined.
No, the system was idle. Thanks for the explanation. I can't complain. The box runs at 35 watts, which is a significant reduction in energy usage over my previous home server.
