Leaving a server on all day

[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 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
> --
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