On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 09:55:17PM -0400, Seneca wrote: | On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 06:03:39PM -0500, dman wrote: | > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:15:36PM -0400, Seneca Cunningham wrote: | > | > | So, something I was wondering about would generally be considered a | > | maximum "safe" load average. | > | > I often run between .5 and 1 on my two machines (one desktop one | > laptop). One is my mail server, web server, desktop, and both are | > music boxes. When I'm not doing anything the load is less. The lower | > your load average the better; the less your system will be working and | > the better responsiveness you'll get (in addition to cooler | > operation). | | How bad a sign is it when a single laptop heats a 50m^3 room, [snipped nice description of what you don't want] | Any suggestions on how to cool this thing down (other than removing the | builtin keyboard and putting bags of ice on the heatsink (I can't afford | the ice or the external keyboard)). Other than a new computer or | upgraded hardware, I can't afford it.
What services is that system running? It sounds like you're trying to
push the machine way too far. How powerful is it (CPU, RAM)?
-D
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