From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 14:42:54 2004 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 AE8FC16A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:42:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7947543D54 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:42:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 29643 invoked by uid 513); 8 Jun 2004 14:45:54 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.21 Clear:RC:1(213.146.114.24):SA:0(-4.9/5.0):. Processed in 0.579395 secs); 08 Jun 2004 14:45:54 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 14:45:53 -0000 Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 16:44:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: Jonathon McKitrick In-Reply-To: <20040608122101.GA68204@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Message-ID: <20040608160517.B64702@pukruppa.net> References: <20040608122101.GA68204@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving a server on all day 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: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:42:54 -0000 On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin > client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of > power? > > Is it true that the heat buildup in a home system (rather than a heavily > fanned commercial system) will kill the drives faster and this is a good > reason to turn it off during the day when I am not home? This is only my personal experience: I have got a PIII running all day for over 2 years now (my "server"): no problems and I am using just the small fan it came with. I had two AMD's (a K6 and now an Athlon): for both I had to buy bigger fans since they started doing strange things after a while. At work I have seen three IDE harddisks decease on workstations during the last four and a half years, but never a SCSI harddisk. These workstations are shut down and rebooted quite often. So *my* summary for your private server would be: - Leaving it on all day will not kill your harddisks, in the contrary: even cheap ones will live longer. - AMD processors tend to run hot, so if you have one, you should look for a good fan. Regards, Uli. > > > jm > -- > My other computer is your windows box. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+