Ubuntu

Power Capping Technologies (Green Computing)

Registered by Dustin Kirkland 

Dynamic power capping technologies have recently emerged on several vendor's hardware platforms, including IBM and HP.

Userspace utilities are able to leverage BIOS and cpu technologies to "cap" power usages. This blueprint suggests that Ubuntu should package the relevant open source utilities and configure to sensible defaults.

References:
 * http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/liaai/energymgmt/liaaienergypowercap.htm
 * http://search.hp.com/query.html?cc=us&lang=en&qt=power+capping&la=en

:-Dustin

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Rick Clark
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
Arnaud Quette
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Arnaud Quette
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Dustin Kirkland 
Completed by
Dustin Kirkland 

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