[oskare100]

Hello,
I have the following setup in cron for my MRTG stats:
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/bandwidth.cfg
0,11,21,31,41,51 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/cpu.cfg
0,12,22,32,42,52 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/cpu-temp.cfg
0,13,23,33,43,53 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/ping.cfg
0,15,25,35,45,55 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/memory.cfg
0,16,26,36,46,56 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/newconns.cfg
0,17,27,37,47,57 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/estabcons.cfg
0,18,28,38,48,58 * * * * env LANG=C ../../mrtg-2/bin/mrtg ../...stats/ping2.cfg

But I'm not sure how much power it actually takes to generate theses MRTG stats... The server is a Celeron D 2.8Ghz, 512Mb ATA soft raid system. Do you think that I should update the stats less frequently to decrease the server usage?

/Oskar

[lotuseclat79]

Hi oskare100,

In order to answer your question, you need to collect some information on your power consumption by conducting some experiments on your server using PowerTop here. Visit the Tips&Tricks webpage for more information that may be useful to you.

You will need a Linux kernel version 2.6.21 or later for to enable the tickless idle (NO_HZ) feature. If your kernel is not up to that level, you will need to upgrade it in order to use PowerTop.

-- Tom