> spin at all. and with the near 2 dozen IBM disk drive failures > ive had in the past 6 months, im even more for never turning > off the system.
When I worked PC support contracts at Honeywell, we would always tell people to leave the CPU (and HD) running. Electrically, there are a lot of transients at startup. With older supplies, it was probably a lot more of an issue. Systems that weren't power cycled once a day were almost trouble free even back then. I have had systems running 98% around the clock and have very little hardware trouble. HDs have the obvious strain of spinning up. I am not sure how APM plays in with fatiguing a drive due to regular rotational speed changes. These are obviously harder on a drive than running constantly. How much power is saved would depend on how long the HD was actually permitted to sleep. On my server, I don't think it would sleep that much. Anyway, I choose the same route you have. Leave them up. I had significantly greater trouble when powering up and down. Improvements in hardware might make it a wash today. Just staying with what works. -- Paul McHale Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr Fax: 413-215-3232 Beavercreek, Ohio 45434 -- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
