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Filipo
I'm using a brand new Dell 4600 PC as a home network server. It gets
accessed only about 2 hours every night, except on weekends where it
is on 24/7. I noticed that everytime I power it down, its drive letter
designation disappears from the other 3 computers that share its
drive. So everytime I turn it on, I have to re-map the network drive
all over again at each of the 3 computers.
Wouldn't it be better to just leave it on all the time, but just turn
off the LCD monitor that came with it? Is there a power management
setting that will put the PC and its drives/memory to sleep when not
in use? What are the risks of doing this, and do the advantages (not
having to remap the drives) outweigh the disadvantages (risk of fire,
hardware failure, etc.)?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
accessed only about 2 hours every night, except on weekends where it
is on 24/7. I noticed that everytime I power it down, its drive letter
designation disappears from the other 3 computers that share its
drive. So everytime I turn it on, I have to re-map the network drive
all over again at each of the 3 computers.
Wouldn't it be better to just leave it on all the time, but just turn
off the LCD monitor that came with it? Is there a power management
setting that will put the PC and its drives/memory to sleep when not
in use? What are the risks of doing this, and do the advantages (not
having to remap the drives) outweigh the disadvantages (risk of fire,
hardware failure, etc.)?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.