Re: Just out of morbid curiosity: power consumption of an E4A

["Larry \"DrFranken\" Bolhuis" <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'Power Save' on POWER6 required reducing the input voltage to *zero. ;-)

	- DrF

On 5/9/2023 3:13 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
> Hello James,
>
> Am 09.05.2023 um 18:52 schrieb James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <midrange
> l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> > I've noted that an E4A makes more noise just from being plugged in than the 5 separate Macs in my office make when up and running.
> >
> > I'm not curious enough to go home and get my "amp clamp" and its plug-in adapter, but does anybody know, off-hand, how much power an E4A draws when purring away in standby mode, and how much it draws when roaring away, fully powered up?
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> I remember a two-digit watt when powered off.
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> I can't remember how much when powered on and no LPARs active.
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> I remember measuring 400W with all disk slots filled. Idle or the CPUs grinding through something was not much of a difference: The P6 had no power saving functions worth mentioning.
>
> :wq! PoC