Re: should I turn off the computer at night?

[David Rysdam]

I leave my (home) server on 100% of the time and seems none the worse
for wear after 18 months.  I used the hdparm utility to set the HD
spindown time to 5 minutes so the only moving part most of the time is
the fan.


Weizhong wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> a silly question: should I turn off the computer at night?  I've let my
> linux box kept on running for a week so far without any problem.  Which is
> good to the machine itself, on or off at idle time, if electricity bill is
> not an issue?
> 
> thx,
> 
> Weizhong

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