On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:16:26 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E.
Fox) wrote:
> > Most servers on the Internet or serving industries that need 24/7
> > service must run 24/7. I don't know if Linus originally was aiming for
> > the server market, or what his intent was. ;-)
>
> Well, he wante
t least 3 years + one day :-)
rgds
Frank
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Subject: Re: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without overheating
> So,
> So, energy consumption wise, it is far better to turn the computer off
> and back on twice a day. That may result in an early failure of your
> computer or some part of it.Whether the increased cost for
Well, electricity is pretty expensive here in California. (Tip: move to
Oregon :)
Neve
> Most servers on the Internet or serving industries that need 24/7
> service must run 24/7. I don't know if Linus originally was aiming for
> the server market, or what his intent was. ;-)
Well, he wanted a way to run Unix cheaply using a desktop environment, and
one of the features of Unix is
On Thursday 20 September 2001 10:33 am, s escribió:
> > I was considering getting a ups and was wondering if you could share
> > some of your experiences with them? Anything I need to know before
> > shopping?
On Friday 21 September 2001 05:01, Tom Brinkman wrote:
>My opinion, buy nothin but
etharp wrote:
> it has been my understanding for some long time that Linux (as a server OS
> first) was designed to run 24/7
Most servers on the Internet or serving industries that need 24/7
service must run 24/7. I don't know if Linus originally was aiming for
the server market, or what his i
Matt Greer wrote:
> This is what I've always wondered about. Does leaving a computer on all the
> time save or cost more energy than just having it on when needed? Doesn't
> starting a computer require a lot of energy?
Starting a computer does require (or create) a surge in power usage. In
terms
> But at the same time if the extra cost isn't that much, it'd be great to be
> able to ssh into my computer from work, schedule stuff with cron, etc etc.
I got cable to have a *constant* connection to the net, what's the point
of having to wait for a PC to boot.
I've got two (well, now three) l
01 2:10 PM
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|Subject: RE: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without
|overheating
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|This sounds like a good screen savers question for TechTv
|anyway, I would think that most PCs now-a-days are pretty
|green (I don't have any proof of this though)
it has been my understanding for some long time that Linux (as a server OS
first) was designed to run 24/7 and infact will run some services in the
middle of the night (3AM or so) that speed it up the rest of the time, like
updating the locate data so it can find files faster
On Thursday 20
on 9/20/01 8:09 AM, Randy Kramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Energy Consumption:
This is what I've always wondered about. Does leaving a computer on all the
time save or cost more energy than just having it on when needed? Doesn't
starting a computer require a lot of energy?
My energy bill is
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> Subject: RE: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without
> overheating
>
>
> Providing your heatsink fans are working OK, it'll be fine. My machine
> hasn't been switch off for over 3 years. It runs at 100% CPU
> utilisation
> 24/7 either r
As many of the people here have said, as long as you have good temp
monitors on the motherboard (which most newer models do have) and your
fan is working you'll be fine.
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ uptime
12:30pm up 57 days, 16:02, 27 users, load average: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00
That machine doesn't even have
On Thursday 20 September 2001 12:10 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> Anyone that uses his/her PC computer every day should leave it on
> 24/7. The added benefit for Linux users is that cron jobs will be run
> overnight, usually 4am. I run a Tbird at 1.55 gig and I never shutdown
> 'cept about 15 m
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 11:48 pm, Eric Lin escribió:
> hi, I should ask my pc vender about this, but everyone here knows so
> much more, I just couldn't help but to ask here.
> I have a pc with celeron 633 mhz processor with intel 810e
> motherboard, will it be safe if I try to let it on ov
Eric Lin wrote:
> Most computers in school are ran 24/7, but they are mostly all air
> conditioned and mostly are not placed near books. Does anyone know if it is
> safe for a home user to leave his/her computer on continuously?
It can be safe, presuming you take suitable precautions and underst
> I have a pc with celeron 633 mhz processor with intel 810e
> motherboard, will
> it be safe if I try to let it on overnight? I love Mandrake
> and have been
> using it forever since 7.2, but it takes so long to boot up
> whenever I want
> to use it and I couldn't use the built in Standby
20, 2001 4:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without
overheating
hi, I should ask my pc vender about this, but everyone here knows so
much
more, I just couldn't help but to ask here.
I have a pc with cele
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