the servers are generally always on and as such tend to consume more power, directly or indirectly.servers consume power to run and also cause power to be consumed in keeping them cool.
For Windows XP, they have"improved power management" to help them to reduce the amount of power usage.Does Linux has any features and that help to reduce the power usage.“ If yes, what the benefit for that
2007-01-13 19:05:35 · 2 answers · asked by alvin_sen 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Yes, there are services in Linux too that will help to save power. How it's done, and how/where it is configured depends on your server hardware and on the distribution.
Most common power saving services on Linux:
cpuspeed - a dynamic CPU speed daemon that scales the frequency of modern processors on demand
acpi - The defacto standard. ACPI enables the PC to manage power supply to CPU, HDD, etc., in a specific fashion through the BIOS or the OS.
apm - The former standard of power management for older computers. Not quite up to date but supports a lot of old/legacy hardware.
2007-01-16 22:45:26 · answer #1 · answered by dwave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the motherboard often has settings for this - switch off the monitor, powerdown the harddrive - the "only" problem might be that if the harddrive is powered down then there will be a lage when it powers up again when the next user comes along
2007-01-13 19:11:05 · answer #2 · answered by cool_clearwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋