Bad to power off?

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2 total messages Started by charles graham nowacek Thu, 09 Apr 1992 04:03

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Author: charles graham nowacek
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 04:03

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I've gone through FAQ and could not find an answer.  Should I be
concerned about powering my station down at night?  Excessive wear of
drive or power supply? Inhibiting cron from doing it's thing?

Thanks,

Chip

Re: Bad to power off?

#532

Author: Sherwood Botsford
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 05:03

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charles graham nowacek writes
> I've gone through FAQ and could not find an answer.  Should I be
> concerned about powering my station down at night?  Excessive wear of
> drive or power supply? Inhibiting cron from doing it's thing?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chip

It should be in FAQ.  Problem is we never come to a consensus.  With PC's the  
rule of thumb was shut it down if it's going to be off for more than 16 hours.

Drives have much longer MTBF's.  And most component failures do occur during  
the transients of starting up. 

I have 20 nexts.  They run 24 hours/day year in year out.  So far we've had one  
squeeky drive and one dead mouse.  (I do use adim to dim screens when not in  
use however.)

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