From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 01:30:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCA416A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:30:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECBF843D31 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:30:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 17D2585655; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:00:01 +1030 (CST) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:00:01 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Peterhin Message-ID: <20050206013000.GB49637@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 01:30:06 -0000 --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 5 February 2005 at 17:45:25 -0500, Peterhin wrote: > > Is it better to leave a computer (a stand alone) running continuously or > is it OK to shut it down at the end of the day.? > I remember years ago someone mentioned that it is better for the > circuitry to leave it running. > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated I won't jump in on the bikeshed about the effects on the electronics. A thing that nobody has mentioned so far is that by default, the system performs a number of functions (via cron) in the middle of the night. If you turn it off, you should check /etc/crontab and decide when to perform the nightly maintenance. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCBXMYIubykFB6QiMRAnC9AJ9M68tWp5OpN9IwyB/tJtHF/TVjRgCfc6nQ wGo4x8qKZ7/nU0LeReBI63w= =LvDq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH--