sparc64 builds and hardware

[Erich Jenkins, Fuujin Group Ltd]

Mark Linimon wrote:
> My guess is that these would either be useful for building releases,
> or just general src regression testing.
> 
> Although I'd be delighted to use them for package building, that would
> mean leaving them on all the time.
> 
> mcl

Well, I'd like to see if I can make something happen. I ran the numbers 
on this hardware (I was curious), and it's rather expensive. I fired one 
up (running OpenBSD) just to see what the actual draw was under load, 
and it's huge. 2.243kW per machine. Not counting the cooling load, we 
pay $0.06/kW-H here, and that works out to $193.54/month to simply power 
both of them. At 11.3kBTU/h in heat output, these will consume roughly 2 
tons of cooling capacity...


Erich M. Jenkins
Fuujin Group Limited

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