From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 14:54:47 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 E934416A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:54:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B19D43D5A for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:54:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1BXhzI-000DEO-MD; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:54:04 +0100 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i58Es0uf069816; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:54:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.10/8.12.6/Submit) id i58Es09Q069815; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:54:00 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:54:00 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa Message-ID: <20040608145400.GA69792@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040608122101.GA68204@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040608160517.B64702@pukruppa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040608160517.B64702@pukruppa.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1BXhzI-000DEO-MD*09HPpjkIHFk* 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 14:54:48 -0000 : 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. The guy who built mine installed 2 fans, plus the fan directly on the heatsink, of course. How about power usage? I'm wondering about my electric bill. ;-) jm -- My other computer is your Windows box.