Ouch... I guess I better go home once this monitor is really an etch-a-sketch.
Russ Clark Lenexa, KS -----Original Message----- From: Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies Looks like he lives in Kansas..I didn't know Kansas even had electricity -----Original Message----- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies $28 for electricity?! Where the heck do you live, and do you not use your air conditioning, or watch t.v., or have a refrigerator? That is seriously low, unless everything in your house is gas, and that bill is high. I'm lucky when my electric bill is under $100... Joe Heaton -----Original Message----- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies Jacob, good info, but not always accurate. My sister sent me an interesting article last month that said the average home computer used around $50 a month in electricity when on 24X7. This article was stating the same reasons about conserving power. I agree we should all do our part, but I told her the article was wrong. And the reason I knew was that I have one computer at home that is on 24X7 for remote access when I am not there. I also have a second computer that is on only part time, and is a backup to the first. My electric bill in march was $26 and change and May's was $28 and change. That is the entire electric bill for my apartment. So you can see how I dispute all the findings. However I do have power conservation turned on both computers. They do aggressively power down monitors and even hard drives when not in use. The primary does not totally power down so I can still have remote access, but the secondary one does. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies Good points Jacob! How do you handle updates then? ________________________________ From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies Shutdown your workstation and turn off the surge protector at the end of every day. The issue of leaving a workstation on all the time because turning it on and off on a daily basis does more harm is absurd. With some workstations running with a 300w power supply, that is a waste of electricity. 8760 (hours per year) - 2000 (hours at work) = 6760 (hours not at work per year) 6760 * 300 watts = 2028000 watts (2028 KWh) 2028 * .12 KWh (give or take on the cost of the KWh) = $243.36 year $243.36 * 40 workstations = $9700 a year in electricity for workstation not being used. How often do I replace a hard drive in a workstation, maybe 4 or 5 times a year. Does not cost use more than $9700 a year to replace hard drives. From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Workstation Power Off Policies I've been ask to evaluate the possibility of powering off our workstations when not in use. I'm just curious what this group of fine young men and women are doing to "BE GREEN" in your environments? Appreciate any and all constructive responses. SHOOK and TVK that means no wise-cracks, ok? Thanks, Tom Strader NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Action without intelligence is ignorance". But, Intelligence without appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man" ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
