Re: Need for regular IPL's

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:07 PM 5/8/97 -0400, Neil wrote (in part):

>There's always some minor baggage that the system doesn't clean up after
>itself - so there's some MINOR benefit.  We recommend our customers IPL
>every one or two months.
>Still - that's just a suggestion and not essential.

One of the things that seems to fill up quickly on our system is the '%
addresses available.'  An IPL is necessary to clear these things out.

>We still have some customers who insist on powering off their system
>every night and IPLing in the morning.  I HATE people who do that.
>You save next to nothing in power costs (most of these customers have
>9402's & 9404's) and the constant off/on actually wears parts down
>quicker than just leaving it on.  (Wouldn't be as bad if they did a
>PWRDWNSYS RESTART(*YES) each day - even though that's totally
>unnecessary - instead of actually shutting the power off).


Although our AS/400 seldom sleeps, I encourage all PC users to power off
their machines.  My reasons:  (1) 8-16 hours of wear and tear on the moving
parts saved  (2) 8-16 hours of electricity saved (3) tends to avoid those
lightning storms overnight (4) re-connects the PC to the AS/400 after we IPL
(weekly) and avoids all those "My PC is locked up / I can't sign on"  (5)
Each PC powered off is one less left signed-on and open to the public.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com

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