September 19, 201312 yr I was wondering how many of you users use their server 24/7 or just when watching/listening/configuring stuff? EDIT: I forgot to say that I don't have the luxury of 24/7 as my apartment is all just one space and after doing parity/rebuild I really notice when the I power down and the fans are no longer spinning. I think the PSU makes the most noise, anyone have good suggestions for powerful low-noise PSU?
September 19, 201312 yr would add one more option to your poll ... something like when i am awake .... i have one running 24/7 with sab and sickbeard and one who shuts down at 01:00 AM and wakes up with Cron at 10.00 AM if the kids were not around then i would make that wake up time even later but now they can hardly wait for the server to wake up
September 19, 201312 yr Rig 1: 24/7 Rig 2: Once a week to once a month depending on when I need to archive stuff to it.
September 19, 201312 yr Rig 1: 24/7 Rig 2: Once a week to once a month depending on when I need to archive stuff to it. What he said...
September 19, 201312 yr All three of mine are on 24/7. 1. My ESXi box has other VM's on it. 2. My dedicated Crashplan box is always on with family and friends backing up to it 3. My physical test machine is always on
September 20, 201312 yr All three of my Virtualized unRAID servers are on 24/7 and my N40L standalone unRAID server is 24/7.
September 20, 201312 yr Mine is on 24/7 but running a business off the server means some times needing it off hours. I don't do s3 because I don't need the power savings but I do spin down all drives at one hour of in activity. My power supply is a corsare 850w 80% psu. The Main fan never kicks on because I made my system to run 20 drives and at this time I only have 10 drives. Making me only hit at most 30% of the power so the fan won't turn on unless I hit 80% or it gets hot but I have it in a machine room with the heater and water heater that room stays at 25c so it never gets hot. Thornwood
January 28, 201412 yr Buy a PSU that's Bronze or higher rated. These often have fans that only spin when needed. Makes the PSU more efficient and keeps the noise down :-) My server is also virtualized under ESX and while noisy it's kept in a closet where I never see it
January 28, 201412 yr Two servers on 24/7 Third only on once/month to sync all data with the other two
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