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Date:      Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:26:47 +0100
From:      Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@mypost.se>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
Subject:   Re: Leaving a Computer Running ?
Message-ID:  <200502061226.58950.mark.rowlands@mypost.se>
In-Reply-To: <15010522197.20050206115945@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> <200502052246.57343.ken_jennings@bellsouth.net> <15010522197.20050206115945@wanadoo.fr>

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> My FreeBSD server runs continuously because it has to: it holds my Web
> site, my e-mail server, my DNS server, my NTP server, etc.  The other
> machines run continuously because it's more convenient and because I
> worry about machines not coming back up again if I power-cycle them.
>
my machines run continuously 'cause I'm just to lazy too go and switch em off.

I am however noticing an increasing tendency for modern hi-speed ata drives
to fail at around warranty date + x for increasingly small values of x which 
cause me to rethink my laziness



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