PE1950 fan speed

[Kuba Ober]

On Monday 04 February 2008, Vernon A. Fort wrote:
> I have a PE1950 running gentoo.  During a cpu stress test, we expected
> the fan speed to go up but it did not.  We had the cpuload around 25.0
> and when i put my hand at the back of the server, it was very hot to the
> touch.  I have looked at the lm_sensors and the openipmi but i did not
> find anything related to controlling the fanspeed, i.e. making it go
> faster when under heavy load.
>
> Could someone point me to some good reading.  Basically - i need to
> monitor the server and have something that adjusts accordingly.

There already is. You're trying to second guess built-in thermal management. 
There's no need to. Just let it do its job. High cpuload doesn't necessarily 
translate to a need for the fans to go much faster. It all depends.

Cheers, Kuba