[OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS on Openindiana vs ZFS on oracle linux

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 21.04.17 um 23:16 schrieb Andreas Wacknitz:
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> Am 21.04.17 um 22:10 schrieb jason matthews:
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>> On 4/21/17 11:36 AM, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
>>> I can't tell. It's a specialized distribution and I am currently 
>>> evaluating it because
>>> SmartOS does not work well on my HP ProLiant DL360 G7.
>>> But I am just recently started playing with it so I cannot say much 
>>> about internal details yet.
>>> I would prefer to use SmartOS but I have been told on IRC that it is 
>>> for data center and thus
>>> power consumption is irrelevant.
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>> You are using a computer that sounds like a jet engine and you are 
>> worried about power consumption? :)
> Since Gen6 the HP ProLiant servers are quiet. I only hear a soft 
> wisper from it as long as there is no high load on it.
> Even under high load it's far form sounding like a jet engine. Have a 
> look at https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/wiki/dbbtu
> That gives some valuable information ;-)
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>> It is sort of a funny statement all around. Data centers spend lots 
>> of money on power and air conditioning where one begets the other. so 
>> I am not sure why one wouldnt care about power. I am curious, what 
>> power related thing is making your G7 "not work well"?
> Running the machine (2*L5630, 32GB RAM, 1 300GB SAS drive) idles 
> around 100W under EXSi. Fans are at 23%.
> Proxmox has a similar power consumption with fans at 20%.
> SmartOS (as of end of March) idles at around 130W with fans at 34%. 
> The sound at this speed is still bearable but not whisper quiet like 
> on Proxmox.
My OI build machine is a DL360G7 with one E5645, 3*8GB RAM, 2 SSD's and 
2 600GB SAS drives. Under OI it idles around 80W and fans at 19%.
I expected SmartOS having similar values.