-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 7, 2003 06:12 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 07 September 2003 02:04 pm, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Am back again with a small prob. :) After I saw the electricity > > invoice and > > recovered from the heart attack:) I decided I might want to stop > keeping my server/firewall online all the time. I only have a small > server and is mostly experimental and only for a few friends which > mostly sleep at night. :) On the other hand, having to connect to it, > shut it down and then having to wait till it starts when I need it > again might not be something I want to do each day. :) So the last > solution that crosses my mind is to make it go into standby. The > problem is that I want it to go in standby when no activity from it > is required. No activity would mean no incoming requests from the > clients inside the network. Is it possible to make my Mandrake 9.1 > server go into standby only when no network traffic for like 15 > minutes or so. On the other hand, will it wake up from standby if > incoming network traffic or do I have to move mouse/ hit any key on > keyboard? When in standby mode, will it drop the adsl connection or > will it remain online? How much (aproximately in percents) does the > power need sink when in standby mode? Thx in advance for your help. > > I have been told that leaving your computer on all the time would be > the equivalent of keeping a 60watt bulb lit 24x7. This can't cost > more than $5 a month?
Sounds about right Greg. The local electric company said the exact same thing. Of course it depends how much processing the thing is doing while it's up too. If it's just idling and doing nothing the draw is minimal. If you're running [EMAIL PROTECTED] or similar, the processor is going to be drawing at it's maximum rate, which still shouldn't be that much. Up to the OP if they want to try to minimize costs but my machine is only down when a power surge happens while I'm not around to restart. My power bills are never all that high. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-5mdk 21:15:26 up 1 day, 11:58, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 According to the Rand McNally Places-Rated Almanac, the best place to live in America is the city of Pittsburgh. The city of New York came in twenty-fifth. Here in New York we really don't care too much. Because we know that we could beat up their city anytime. -- David Letterman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/W/VgG11CaRuZZSIRAqNAAJ4k8eVVtLZXUWbyP7WAJrIOj/FevACcCAnl Dqx50CgyjfAWHfwPxiAnm1M= =0elZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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