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On Sunday 30 Aug 2015 18:05:13 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 30/08/2015 19:00, Dale wrote: |
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> > Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> >> On 30/08/2015 17:56, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> >>> On Sunday 30 August 2015 00:04:43 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> >>>> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between |
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> >>>> reboots ? How long between power off/on's ? |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep, |
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> >>>> then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself. |
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> >>>> However recently, I've run into delays getting my router |
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> >>>> (only 1 device attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's |
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> >>>> server, which have been requiring several power off/on's before it |
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> >>>> works. As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly |
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> >>>> system update -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything |
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> >>>> -- |
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> >>>> & not powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off |
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> >>>> whenever I'm away from the machine for >= 1 hr (approx). |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ? |
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> >>> |
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> >>> No-one has yet mentioned taking backups. I'm still using a brute-force |
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> >>> approach, in which I shut down each of my two machines once a week to |
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> >>> make a backup to external disk. Otherwise they're on 24 hours a day |
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> >>> running BOINC projects. On the desktop PC kmail makes a daily archive |
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> >>> of messages, and once a day a cron job copies my user directory to |
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> >>> /home/<me>.bu/ . |
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> >>> |
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> >>> I know it burns energy but I'm prepared to make my small contribution |
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> >>> to what I think is a good cause. |
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> >> |
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> >> A desktop or laptop will typically draw far less power than a single 60W |
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> >> incandescent bulb. I bet you have quite a lot of those. Even if not, the |
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> >> CFLs you'll have to give you light at night still draw much much more |
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> >> than a computer. |
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> >> |
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> >> If saving energy is your personal driver, then you should be looking at |
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> >> water heaters, central heaters, aircon and stove as the main culprits. |
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> >> Everything else, whilst measurable, is a small drop in the bucket and |
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> >> probably not worth worrying about. |
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> >> |
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> >> Assuming of course that your computer is a desktop/laptop, and not a 42U |
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> >> cabinet jam packed full of Dell 2950s |
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> > |
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> > Don't forget the clothes dryer to, if you have one. Mine is electric |
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> > and it pulls as much as my water heater does. I just don't use it as |
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> > much is all. |
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> |
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> I forgot about that :-) |
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> |
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> Add in almost all laundry appliances and kitchen power tools too... |
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Modern appliances with Green stickers on them (whatever they're called) are |
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more efficient by design. To some extent this is also true with PCs. I still |
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have an old Pentium 4 32bit running a couple of test environments and back up |
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storage. I can assure you that the room gets hot after it has been running |
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for a couple of hours! :-) |
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-- |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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