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[http://www.deater.net/john/powernowd.html PowerNowd] uses the CPUFreq sysfs interface to set the frequency of the processor depending on the system's current condition. I run PowerNowd on my backend (AMD64 3700+) and whenever the machine is idle the machine runs at 1000MHz which is a 7 degree reduction from when it's running at full speed. PowerNowd was designed to work with AMD's PowerNow technology. AMD's Cool-N-Quiet technology coupled with PowerNowd creates the perfect solution for a cool and quiet solution. | [http://www.deater.net/john/powernowd.html PowerNowd] uses the CPUFreq sysfs interface to set the frequency of the processor depending on the system's current condition. I run PowerNowd on my backend (AMD64 3700+) and whenever the machine is idle the machine runs at 1000MHz which is a 7 degree reduction from when it's running at full speed. PowerNowd was designed to work with AMD's PowerNow technology. AMD's Cool-N-Quiet technology coupled with PowerNowd creates the perfect solution for a cool and quiet solution. | ||
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By default PowerNowd will not adjust its frequency settings for `nice` programs so your transcode jobs will run much slower. I'd recommend starting PowerNowd with the following: | By default PowerNowd will not adjust its frequency settings for `nice` programs so your transcode jobs will run much slower. I'd recommend starting PowerNowd with the following: | ||
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That will start the daemon in quiet mode plus take `nice` programs into consideration. Please visit [http://www.deater.net/john/powernowd.html PowerNowd's website] to read documentation and download. | That will start the daemon in quiet mode plus take `nice` programs into consideration. Please visit [http://www.deater.net/john/powernowd.html PowerNowd's website] to read documentation and download. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 17 December 2014
PowerNowd uses the CPUFreq sysfs interface to set the frequency of the processor depending on the system's current condition. I run PowerNowd on my backend (AMD64 3700+) and whenever the machine is idle the machine runs at 1000MHz which is a 7 degree reduction from when it's running at full speed. PowerNowd was designed to work with AMD's PowerNow technology. AMD's Cool-N-Quiet technology coupled with PowerNowd creates the perfect solution for a cool and quiet solution.
Note: A Linux v2.5+ kernel is required with appropriate modules configured under `Power Management support >> CPU Frequency scaling`
By default PowerNowd will not adjust its frequency settings for `nice` programs so your transcode jobs will run much slower. I'd recommend starting PowerNowd with the following:
powernowd -qn
That will start the daemon in quiet mode plus take `nice` programs into consideration. Please visit PowerNowd's website to read documentation and download.