On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
> Yesterday, Jerry Feldman gleaned this insight:
>
> > Or you have some corporate directive come down saying that ALL
> > workstations must be physically turned off every night. If I could draw, I'd
> > draw you the bucket :-)
>
> Well, I'd just assume leave them on too, but you have to admit leaving
> 1000 computers on 24x7 does consume a lot of power. This argument makes
> no sense from a security perspective, but certainly from a cost savings
> one.
Wouldn't just turning off the monitors count for most of that power
useage? That's not exactly difficult, and doesn't require one to wait for
reboot in the morning.
Or am I mislead about believing that most power usage w/workstations is
the monitor?
Suzanne
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