Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:40:21 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Subject: Re: Leaving a server on all day Message-ID: <200406082340.21712@harryhomeworkstation> In-Reply-To: <20040608160517.B64702@pukruppa.net> References: <20040608122101.GA68204@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040608160517.B64702@pukruppa.net>
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--Boundary-02=_FJjxAKdeOfKt7fS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Dienstag, 8. Juni 2004 16:44 schrieb Peter Ulrich Kruppa: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a th= in > > 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 Just to brake illusions: I have seen lots of disks dieing. Mostly IDE disks= =20 because they're wide spreaded. But I also had a several "server" SCSI disks (Seagate and IBM) which died, = and=20 they hadn't just quit their service, they (the two different I attempted to= )=20 were classified as inrecoverable by well known and even better paid special= =20 companies like Vogon. So don't tap into the trap that SCSI disks are more reliable! > 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. This was true up to Coppermine/Tualatin, nowadays I'd prefere any AMD. The= =20 notrhwood and even worse the prescott INTELS (p4s) are dumb radiators. My 0.02 =A4 Best regards, =2DHarry > > 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 | > > +---------------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > 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" --Boundary-02=_FJjxAKdeOfKt7fS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAxjJFBylq0S4AzzwRAjhrAJsFCPGcL9R8aLdXGXaWDlNE0DljiACfc3U0 ZwKqy5GPcrh58uO5THtdK3A= =9PmR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_FJjxAKdeOfKt7fS--
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