[G4] Sleep: Good or Bad?

[John Collins]

  A follow up question to Anne's response. When the computer is asleep 
do external FW drives spin down and go into a idle mode.  What is the 
best way to deal with external devices that are not used on routine 
basis?

  Shoud I dismount the drive and physically turn off the power when not 
needed. I routinely put the G4/800 to sleep when not in use and leave 
it on most of the time. If I turn power off to the FW drives how do I 
remount them--do I have to do a restart?

john
On Feb 5, 2004, at 11:43 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:

> At 9:40 PM -0500 2/5/04, Kevin Willis wrote:
>> 	I have  a G4/400 running Jaguar and I was debating wether or
>> not to set it up to go to sleep.  I was running Jag. on a 8600
>> before, so I was unable to use the sleep feature.  Now I wonder if it
>> would  be a good idea.
>> 	I usually fire my G4 up when I get home from work at 3:00 or
>> 4:00 PM and leave it on till  I go to  bed at 10:00 or 11:00.  Would
>> the sleep feature extend the life of my hard drive as well as the
>> rest of the components in the system?  Or does it make a difference
>> at all?
>
> Kevin,
>
> I think sleep is a good idea, because your hard drive spins down
> and it would seem this would reduce wear and tear. Also, you'll
> use less energy, although you may not really notice that. Your
> monitor will also get a break.
>
> I put my machine manually to sleep when I'm doing something
> where I have to disable the automatic sleep.
>
> This is just my thoughts - YMMV - and I look forward to others'
> input on the issue.
>