State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf]

Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by trentnelson on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @01:12PM (#12694698)

My ES40 (4 x 667MHz 21264s) consumes 16A @ 110V. Most 110V US circuits are 10A.

I blew at least three fuses between that and the RX5670 (4 x Itanium), which consumed a similar amount of power @ 110V.

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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by krylon on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:20PM (#12695295)

On the upside, depending on where you live, you probably save a lot of money on heating... ;-)

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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by mtanski on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:42PM (#12696276)

Is there a EnergyGuide heating furnace efficiency score for the ES40?

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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by lfowles on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @05:22PM (#12696516)

Resistance heating is pretty poor compared to heat pumps.

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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by mtanski on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @08:31PM (#12697488)

That's the joke that I was trying to make.

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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by krylon on Thursday October 13, 2016 @03:46PM (#12703481)

I think I remember reading or overhearing that Intel's chips somewhere in the Pentium 4 era were more efficient at converting electricity to heat than a typical hotplate. (Ratio-wise, at least.)

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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by ams6110 on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @11:56PM (#12698311)

Household circuits are generally 15A or 20A AFAIK. Never seen one as low as 10.

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Re:State of the OpenVMS Port to x86_64 [pdf] by trentnelson on Thursday October 13, 2016 @12:10AM (#12698356)

Hmmm. Maybe it was 15A. A 16A ES40 plus other stuff plugged in to the same circuit would have happily blown 15A under load, I guess.

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