Re: Inactive shutdown service

> I dare you to pull the plug out of your own pc !

I've been letting the builders turn on and off the power supply to my house
with no issues.

> Possible consequences:
>
> Damaged harddisks: damaged sectors because of inproper head landing,

That click you hear when you shut the machine down is the heads parking
themselves (and thumping the end stop in the process). I trust them

> data
> corruption and data loss because of write buffer not written, etc.

1. I use NTFS
2. I currently have a Delphi program which is keeping my two drives in sync.

> Damaged circuitry: power surges.

Surge protectors are your friend.

>>
>> Have you considered the wear and tear on the computers from turning them
>> on and off seventeen times a day?

Ahh... now I wouldn't turn them on and off *that* much. One cycle a day max
for me.

> You might have a valid point here.
>
> I can imagine power button spring wear/tear from on/on/on ;)

My monitor has a broken power button for that reason. Luckily, it's
permanently on!

> Circuitry wear I dont really know about.
>
> I have seen things die on power on/off/on/off.

Old hard disks that have been running 24/7 for 15 years: The start-up load
to spin the disks up is far higher than the constant load. So they'll run
and run and run, but when the disk spins down, it'll never spin back up
again. Seen this in some telecomms equipment & servers.

MH.


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