Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Sun Sep 18 10:46:00 CDT 2011
Hi John, I use coretemp and I like it because I can set it to shut down when my temps go above a certain temp. BTW, I run my i7 at 50(idle) 70(busy) degrees C, what do you run your AMD's at (idle and busy) Mark On 17 September 2011 22:50, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > I am using speedfan. That is how I determined that I was pushing the > envelope. It is OK but not great, it does the job. It doesn't see all of > the cores, but it does return the temps of both dies in the MCM that is the > AMD processor. > > > > Also, it may be time to go to refrigerated liquid cooling. > > No, I really don't want to go there. > > I am using a 4U cabinet and could use a push/pull cooler (fan on both > sides) but for this socket they are about $90 each. I will do that as a > last resort. > > I really get the feeling that one of the HSFs is not seated properly. > There is no other explanation for a 10 degree C difference between the > sockets at idle. > > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > On 9/17/2011 5:22 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > >> Hi John: >> >> Here is a little program that might help you with monitoring heating >> issue: >> http://www.almico.com/**speedfan.php <http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php> >> >> It is a free download and can monitor fan speeds, CPU temperatures, can >> send >> you an email if a threshold is exceeded and is customizable for specific >> motherboards and circuitry. >> >> Also, it may be time to go to refrigerated liquid cooling. >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-sqlserver-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> >> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>] >> On Behalf Of jwcolby >> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:43 AM >> To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server >> Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] SSMS priority >> >> LOL, yep. I have a server with about 16 hard drives, plus a 16 port raid >> controller, plus two amd >> 6128 processors plus eight 8 gb dimms. >> >> Plenty of heat generated there. >> >> After the blue screen i changed the fan wall between the disks and the >> motherboard area, changing to >> thhree 120 mm fans. That helped a lot. Went back to my jet engine >> exhaust >> fans. They are loud but >> pull tons of air out of the case. >> >> The processor hsf is the real issue. I have ordered an adapter to use a >> 120mm fan on those. That >> will get as much air blowing on them as I am ever going to get. >> >> I think I need to remove and reinstall the hsf on both sockets. One is 10 >> degrees C hotter than the >> other. Something wrong there. >> >> John W. Colby >> www.ColbyConsulting.com >> >> On 9/17/2011 1:36 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: >> >>> You need a cooling kit and a few more fans. ;-) >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: dba-sqlserver-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> >>> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>] >>> On Behalf Of jwcolby >>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:55 AM >>> To: Sqlserver-Dba >>> Subject: [dba-SQLServer] SSMS priority >>> >>> I am running a query which is maxing out all 12 cores assigned to SQL >>> Server. Just as an aside i >>> had to reduce the number of cores assigned in order to reduce the >>> temperature of the cores below >>> where it would blue screen. >>> >>> In any event I now have 4 cores and 8 gigs assigned to the OS (Windows >>> 2008R2), or more correctly >>> not assigned to SQL Server. >>> >>> My issue is that when all the resources are in use, SSMS responds very >>> slowly. For example I opened >>> SSMS and clicked on the databases tree and it took several minutes to >>> drop >>> down. After that things >>> took 10 seconds to 30 seconds which normally take a second. >>> >>> Is there a setting somewhere which will tell sql server to leave some >>> resources for SSMS, or >>> basically for any process other than the thing it is currently doing. In >>> this case it is running a >>> simple append query, about 7 fields, from one database / table (index on >>> those 7 fields) to another >>> database / table. >>> >>> In this specific case I am trying to copy these 7 fields for about 150 >>> million records, rotating >>> media for both databases, and for some reason it is incredibly slow. 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