Power Use From Our Linux Benchmarking Drops Slightly, Thanks To Cooler Weather

Thanks to the weather getting cooler, our power use from the constant open-source Linux benchmarking at Phoronix has dropped slightly over the past month, while it's still well above 2,000 kWh and about four times as high as last year.

At least the power bill isn't coming in at close to 3,000 kWh due to running the cooling system less for the basement Linux server room but the reduction in AC use only dropped the power use by a few hundred kWh.

Even with the cooler weather, I'm still working on figuring out better ways to cool the 60+ systems running Linux performance benchmarks on a daily basis. Even with drawing in fresh, cool air from outside now (plus Phoromatic automaically powering on/off systems as needed), the server room is still generally hovering 24~26C (up to ~78F) at times.

At least all of this benchmarking turns up a lot of interesting Linux performance metrics you can't easily find anywhere else on the web. Additionally, all of the systems for testing leads to continued improvements in the Phoronix Test Suite and Phoromatic and OpenBenchmarking.org. The 60+ system setup is just a small real-world deployment compared to some PTS enterprise customers that have hundreds or even thousands of systems running our Phoronix Test Suite benchmarking software.

In case you missed it, last week I posted a Six Month Redux After Building A 60+ System Basement Server/Computer Room.

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