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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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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |