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Iain Buchanan <iaindb <at> netspace.net.au> writes: |
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> over the last week or so I've noticed unusually large swap usage. I |
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> usually hibernate this laptop and have uptimes up to 12 days so apps can |
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> run for a long time. |
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Hello Iain, |
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From a hardware guy; If you really need hibernate, use it. |
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No laptop was designed to stay powered on continuously |
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despite the features in software and hardware. The system will |
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collect more dust internally than if powered up and down. Heat |
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is EVIL on electronics no matter what you do. Power consumption |
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minimization (at this point in time) is still quite young |
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and there are all kinds of non published issues with all |
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sorts of memory and chips. Fans do not have the mtbf rates |
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any where near what the published times are for processors. |
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I could go on and on, but you get the point.... |
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If you need hibernate, use it. If you do not, your hardware |
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will last longer being powered down. Don't just hibernate or |
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allow other users to do it, just because they are lazy. Several |
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efforts are bearing fruit for fast (parallel) boot these days..... |
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hth, |
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James |