[ubuntu-uk] downloading slow torrents & energy consumption

[alan c]

doug livesey wrote:
> Hi -- I (sort of) noticed a while back some marketing gumph that suggested
> that Ubuntu servers can be configured to reduce power consumption when they
> are not under heavy load, and was wondering if something similar was
> available (generally, I mean, not *just* for Ubuntu) for domestic use.
> The obvious case that springs to mind is when I have a long download going &
> want to leave my PC on overnight.
> (Currently, I generally don't, as I feel bad about the energy I'm wasting.)
> So would it be possible to leave a download going & in some way put the rest
> of your computer to sleep to save on power?
> Is there anything that does that?

I have a machine  on 24/7 gently seeding various torrents and my 
pragmatic solution is to choose the oldest slowest machine that can 
cope, in my case a PII 350MHz. I have not done any measurements but my 
guess is that such a machine will consume relatively low power, 
obviously I turn the monitor off.
-- 
alan cocks
Ubuntu user #10391
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