On Friday 23 February 2001 08:48, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Guy Van Sanden wrote:
Because a system that is up 24/24 7/7 consumes more power than one that is down most of the day.
True.
Leaving a system running al the times shortens the lifetime of your hardware, specially the disks...
Not true at all. The most stressing part for hardware is turning it on. Especially hard disks have a significant lower life time, if they are being turned on and off all the time.
LenZ
Exactly! I ran my own consulting business for 15 years and for 99% of the calls my clients gave me concerning hardware matters the problem showed up on the power on cycle. Of course, turning off a box can product inductive spikes that damage components as well, but you'll never know it till you power up again. About the only times I encountered hardware problems on running boxes was when they were hit by lightening induced voltage and/or current spikes. Or, they were dropped. A monitor is least susceptible to power cycle failure and has a longer MTBF than components with moving parts, so I will turn the monitor off or use the power saver features. My monitor draws nearly half the wattage my setup requires. JLK -- Athiests believe they know there is no god. Agnostics know they believe there is no god. Thiests believe there is a god. Christians believe in God through His Son, Jesus Christ.