From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696971384C0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 754D3142E1; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f181.google.com (mail-ig0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 540F2142AA for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:58:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igui7 with SMTP id i7so41087637igu.0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 06:58:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=MqZVj0vdw2EGuI1P9IHF0DUfd1UDo2zX32xtTrUZKUc=; b=ZhL9gWx2hPKMZNhQutDMssoxOS+HaiCQIOWzN8dvK7V1a1X6sZFam+iMqzofW1MTg0 N8pufcDU6mWcs7TJnTg299yekTgS6UwTEzj7f3oC0O4EfdiWY/BSyKgyhJ2F9Fit8KTP 8Gx8w2zVKDk5DP2aIRxRHxO8By6cubJTuVkxRFbEz0TUpzctTKwTzxt9PoKOPb+/+nMy UYUB+3g9jjNt+5rQ0mL1/+2p8USvLJu6Z0VGEbP8r67kvDo61Ll00WNwc08P3dO4qjUy sj2dBffxjzM53mvNkdquddVixBhxE44YHkp4siW02YV7gM5ZKjI1oC/OSy08ayI767Lz mi/g== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.67.3 with SMTP id j3mr7686618igt.70.1440943097762; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 06:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.79.103.70 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 06:58:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150830132636.GB2724@acm.fritz.box> References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> <20150830132636.GB2724@acm.fritz.box> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:58:17 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: RqrA2_9hebcnOTQ7fkmIcLeMtSk Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 5e627e80-95de-43c3-ba65-af0e262d45d6 X-Archives-Hash: 1839ace03f64fddcbdeea817f34a875f On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? >> How long between power off/on's ? > > I switch my PC on in the morning when I want to start using it. I > switch it off before going to bed, or going out shopping, or things like > that. I don't like wasting electricity. > Most discussions I've read on this matter tend to end up around here, both for economy and wear. Turn on the computer when you are going to need it, and turn it off at the end of the day, or similar. It probably isn't worth powering it off for lunch (though I do put it to sleep). For my server it runs 24x7. I'm always amused when I look at the SMART stats on failed drives. They usually have thousands of hours of power-on time, and maybe a dozen spin-ups. Then again, that one batch of Seagate 1TB drives seemed to die barely broken in (suffice it to say I've gotten very proficient at their RMA process, which is decent). -- Rich