On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 00:33 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> An ordinary user might not have resources to have a machine running > >> 24/7. > > > > Why not? > > > > 1. Because it is expensive and waste of resources.
Only if done incorrectly. > 2. If you are running a machine 24/7, the room better have good air > conditioning to reduce all the heat generated. Air conditioning a room > could be very expensive depending on where you live. Low power, compact hardware alleviates this problem. A household server could even be an old laptop, maybe connected to a couple extra external hard drives. It's not like a small office/home network situation really needs a stack of network hardware consuming the entire extra bedroom... -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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