[WEB4LIB] Re: Catalog Use Only (Public Stations)

[Nelson, Sharon]

Our campus IT staff has been pretty adamant that we should shut our machines
down at night.  Are they full of (ahem) Blue Mud?  There's one machine I'd
love to have an excuse not to shut down-- it has problems booting every
morning, though it runs fine once it's up.  If you can pass along some
evidence as to why we should leave it running, that'd be great. 

Sharon
Sharon L. Nelson
Reference/Technology Librarian
Lownik Library, Benedictine University
Lisle, IL 60532
snelson at ben.edu



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Lester [mailto:dan at riverofdata.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 1:41 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Catalog Use Only (Public Stations)
> 
> 
> Don't power them down.  No reason to do so.  Doing so will shorten
> their life anyway.
> 
> dan
> 
> 
> Tuesday, August 29, 2000, 1:52:04 PM, you wrote:
> 
> LS> Also, in situations where 20-40 pc's need to be shut down 
> at night by
> LS> one staff person (either in a training room or in a 
> public area on the
> LS> main floor) are there any recommendations for a new or 
> rennovated space
> LS> to make this easier?  We've discussed powering down from 
> the Information
> LS> Desk with a system that "sees" all the stations or 
> electrical solutions
> LS> where we actually we want the power disconnected for a 
> vacation or break
> LS> period.
> 
> 
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