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Subject: Re: PE1950 fan speed
From: Kuba Ober <kuba () mareimbrium ! org>
Date: 2008-02-08 12:46:05
Message-ID: 200802080746.05716.kuba () mareimbrium ! org
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On Monday 04 February 2008, Vernon A. Fort wrote:
> I have a PE1950 running gentoo. During a cpu stress test, we expected
> the fan speed to go up but it did not. We had the cpuload around 25.0
> and when i put my hand at the back of the server, it was very hot to the
> touch. I have looked at the lm_sensors and the openipmi but i did not
> find anything related to controlling the fanspeed, i.e. making it go
> faster when under heavy load.
>
> Could someone point me to some good reading. Basically - i need to
> monitor the server and have something that adjusts accordingly.
There already is. You're trying to second guess built-in thermal management.
There's no need to. Just let it do its job. High cpuload doesn't necessarily
translate to a need for the fans to go much faster. It all depends.
Cheers, Kuba
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