I just did a complete run, keeping an eagle eye on the temperature of the two cores.

At the start, the temps were 50C+44C. After starting the script with 50 kids, the temperatures climbed to about 80C+77C, by about a third of the way through. The 'high' value was 80C, and the 'critical' value was 100C, so I watched to see if the temperature got significantly closer to 100C -- but they did not.

After the script completed, the temperatures fell back down to a normal range -- 55C+51C within five minutes. So at this point, I'm fairly confident that running with 50 kids is safe for the hardware that I currently have.

Thanks for all your input!

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

In reply to Re^2: OT: Parallel::ForkManager and suitable load (Ubuntu) by talexb
in thread OT: Parallel::ForkManager and suitable load (Ubuntu) by talexb

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