[Techtalk] Running servers too hot?

[Mani A]

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
> How hot can 1U servers run, and where exactly do you take their temperature?
>
> Can you measure the heat of their power supply exhaust or something?
>
> I think we're running our servers too hot, but no one else believes
> me, so I need some sort of evidence/proof.
>
> They hang frequently, but my cow-orkers blame demons and ghosts.


You can try the Phoronix test suite for a really good check up.
See www.phoronix.com

Best

A. Mani


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