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Skriven 2004-09-15 14:41:34 av mark lewis (1:3634/12)
   Kommentar till text 1248 av Paul Rogers (1:105/360.0)
Ärende: Nicing anacron jobs
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 DD>> Don't turn the thing off....

 ml>> "the thing" being the machine... leave it running all the
 ml>> time so the cron jobs will execute on time and not have to
 ml>> play catch up...

 PR> Not a practical thing.

dunno why... it works great for the dozen or so machines i have running here...

 PR> The Linux workstation is only one of
 PR> a number of machines I use, and I turn them off when they're
 PR> not in use.  Not only is is the "green" thing to do, I live
 PR> in a semi-rural area.  We have long runs of power lines with
 PR> low loads, and some of those are farmers which may find the
 PR> need to repair equipment with an arc welder.  Do you have any
 PR> idea of the spikes those transformers can introduce?  Then
 PR> there's the possibility of lightning.  Even though they're on
 PR> a 400VA UPS, when they're not being used they're better off
 PR> off.

kinda pretty much the same as my situation... but i do use larger UPS' and have
my own generator for when commercial power is out or otherwise suckin' ;)

)\/(ark

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