On Samstag 12 Dezember 2009, Dale wrote: > Willie Wong wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 06:32:58AM +0100, Penguin Lover Volker Armin Hemmann squawked: > >> and what is the advantage? Why do you keep your computer running, > >> wasting energy? Is there any good reason? > > > > I travel a lot. It is convenient to have a server to serve my e-mail > > and personal files. There are certain (financial/identification/etc.) > > documents that I would prefer not store on someone else's server. > > > > And considering the intrusive border checks now that US is > > implementing, I would also prefer not to have those files on my laptop > > or on a thumbdrive. > > > > Besides, it also is a in-facing file/print server for the family LAN, > > so not having to keep turning it off and on is rather convenient. > > > > You may disagree, but considering that the box is almost 10 years old > > and doesn't actually use all that much power idling, for the moment > > being I think it is acceptable. > > > > Cheers, > > > > W > > And some would also argue that cycling power on and off is actually bad > for the rig as well. Keeping things at a constant temp is better than > fluctuating temps. The old expanding and contracting of material > argument. Sort of strange that computers that run a lot last a loooong > time. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
except that is a myth and harddisk vendors say that modern desktop harddisks are not built for 24/7 usage.
