Hello,

> >Try some performance tests before and after. Power-saving modes often
> >increase interrupt latency a great deal, with negative effects on
> >things like disk and network performance.
> 
> Did you have some specific tests in mind? I am not familiar with the
> benchmark packages.
I think he means things like bonnie++ ( with a sufficiently large data set, at least 2*RAM ), transferring a couple of hundred MBs per (NetBSD's) ftp and so on.

have fun
Michael