RE: leaving computer on 24/7
if it's a 24/7 box it's probably better to run it headless and administer it
from a web interface. i.e. webmin etc
cheers
Lindsay
| -----Original Message-----
| From: daniel huhardeaux [mailto:daniel.huhardeaux@tootai.com]
| Sent: Thursday, 27 March 2003 09:32
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| Subject: Re: leaving computer on 24/7
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| Karsten M. Self wrote:
|
| > [...] IBM (late 1990s?) suggests that:
| >
| > - Turning off your monitor (CRT) will provide power savings and spare
| > your phosphors. Given that a monitor is likely the most long-lived
| > component of your system, this is significant.
| >
| >
| Yes. But don't forget, if you're on UPS and have a power failure,
| switching on monitor to shutdown computer can simply crash the system if
| UPS is on last period. So probably you will prefer to use power
| management of monitor (sleep mode).
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