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On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? |
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>> How long between power off/on's ? |
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> I switch my PC on in the morning when I want to start using it. I |
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> switch it off before going to bed, or going out shopping, or things like |
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> that. I don't like wasting electricity. |
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Most discussions I've read on this matter tend to end up around here, |
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both for economy and wear. Turn on the computer when you are going to |
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need it, and turn it off at the end of the day, or similar. It |
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probably isn't worth powering it off for lunch (though I do put it to |
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sleep). For my server it runs 24x7. I'm always amused when I look at |
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the SMART stats on failed drives. They usually have thousands of |
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hours of power-on time, and maybe a dozen spin-ups. Then again, that |
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one batch of Seagate 1TB drives seemed to die barely broken in |
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(suffice it to say I've gotten very proficient at their RMA process, |
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which is decent). |
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Rich |
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