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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 reboots ? |
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>>> How long between power off/on's ? |
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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 server, |
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>>> which have been requiring several power off/on's before it works. |
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>>> As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update |
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>>> -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything -- |
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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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>>> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ? |
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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 make a |
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>> backup to external disk. Otherwise they're on 24 hours a day running BOINC |
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>> projects. On the desktop PC kmail makes a daily archive of messages, and once |
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>> a day a cron job copies my user directory to /home/<me>.bu/ . |
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>> I know it burns energy but I'm prepared to make my small contribution to what |
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>> I think is a good cause. |
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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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> 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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> 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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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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Dale |
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:-) :-) |