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Re: why sarge is so noisy



> Could be anything. There's a dozen processes runing on that machine at any given time, and any of them may access some files anytime. smbd for instance checks its configuration file every minute or so, and there may be other services that do likewise.
>
> BTW, if this machine is a server, wouldn't you expect it to do some work every now and then? Or if you didn't, why do you keep it on all the time? I can't get my head around people who insist on leaving unused machines powered 24/7.

Hi,

I would ask the same. What is a 'server' doing in a bedroom? Servers
belong to the 'server room' and they are usually noisy (and expected
to do something frequently).

Ari Constancio



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