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30-Jul-07 22:31

Company policy is to never shut down machines, in case they have to push some patches.

At the last company, people were requested (it was only a guideline) to shut down PCs so they could save on power bills.

I always turn off my home computer when I'm not using it though.

Cheers,
Vıkram.

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koolprasad200331-Jul-07 2:22

koolprasad2003

31-Jul-07 2:22

Hello vikram,

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Company policy is to never shut down machines

in that case better to "StandBy" the machine..

it will save the power bills also and machines are also in ready positions..

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Vikram A Punathambekar31-Jul-07 5:23

31-Jul-07 5:23

What is 'standby'? Hibernate? That won't help with pushing patches.

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StevenWalsh31-Jul-07 6:21

StevenWalsh

31-Jul-07 6:21

The last 2 companies i've worked for ask people to shutdown for the night. When something needs to be pushed they send an email requesting people keep their computers on.

Vikram A Punathambekar31-Jul-07 7:03

Corporate Policy overrides

31-Jul-07 7:03

If it's a SP, I understand. What about hotfixes and antivirus patches?

Cheers,
Vıkram.

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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar30-Jul-07 17:43

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

30-Jul-07 17:43

Shutting down or leaving the PCs overnight also is controlled by Corporate Policies right? The Corporate Administration Team may like to audit the systems only when there is no project billable activity and they can do them only over night.

A significant number of Bangalore-based organizations here in India follow this practice. What do you say?

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Re: Corporate Policy overrides

Shouvik Das30-Jul-07 20:04

Shouvik Das

30-Jul-07 20:04

you are speaking of corporate policies. well sir they have stickers on every system organization wide

Switching off CPU saves 29 units per month
Switching off monitor saves 29 units per month

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Re: Corporate Policy overrides

kaptaintens30-Jul-07 23:38

kaptaintens

30-Jul-07 23:38

Don't these corporates know about Wake-On-Lan?! Seems like that would be perfect on the rare occasion that they need to urgently push out a patch...

Re: Corporate Policy overrides

Paul Glaubitz31-Jul-07 2:34

Paul Glaubitz

31-Jul-07 2:34

You are assuming that the corporate policy is both enforced and followed. I have worked places where it wasn't enforced so wasn't followed, I was one of less than 25% that followed the policy of shutting down (If I were to guess more than half were still logged in)

Keeping it in perspective

GeoffFitzGerald30-Jul-07 17:05

GeoffFitzGerald

30-Jul-07 17:05

Remember that the question is specifically about your WORK machine. Realizing that most of us work for a company and may also have PCs at home, we are talking about the PC we use for our job at our place of work.

So, what's to gain? Your employer will save money due to power savings. This may be significant or negligible, depending on many factors, including the size and nature of the business, number of PCs, other expenses, etc. My PC is using about 200 Watts with power costing 20 cents per KW/Hour. Over 16 hours this works out to roughly 64 cents per night, let's round that up to $1 for arguments sake.

So, what's to lose? The company will lose some of your time every morning. This will obviously vary from company to company and person to person, depending on your companies systems and your role and level of competence/expertise. For me, it takes around 10 minutes to start from a cold boot and load my system and applications I need to do my job. Now those of us that have been in business will know that an employee's salary is about half the cost of employing someone. Therefore, in my case the 10 minutes is costing my employer around $20.

I realize that there are many other perceived gains and losses, but I seriously doubt that any are both objective and quantifiable.

I would suggest if you indulge in this practice (turning off your PC over-night) or are contemplating it, sit down with your boss and calculate the actuals that will apply in your case and let them determine whether or not they are willing to foot the bill.

As I said in my earlier post, turning off your monitor is a good compromise, as it will save your employer money in reduced power, but will not penalize them with the cost of lost productivity.

#realJSOP31-Jul-07 2:48

#realJSOP

31-Jul-07 2:48

GeoffFitzGerald wrote:
Remember that the question is specifically about your WORK machine.

It doesn't say that in the poll question.

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Vikram A Punathambekar31-Jul-07 5:27

31-Jul-07 5:27

GeoffFitzGerald wrote:
Remember that the question is specifically about your WORK machine.

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

It doesn't say that in the poll question.

The poll question says:
Convenience vs energy savings: which one wins when it comes to your daily work computer?

Which part of 'daily work computer' don't you understand?

Cheers,
Vıkram.

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#realJSOP31-Jul-07 11:23

#realJSOP

31-Jul-07 11:23

I read the big yellow words - everything else is fluff. If someone wants my machine turned off after I leave, they can damn well walk by and turn it off.

Johann Sinuhe31-Jul-07 6:36

Johann Sinuhe

31-Jul-07 6:36

Even if it is only $1 a night, it is the environmental cost what really makes a difference, turning off the monitor at nigths can be the best practice because the monitor consumes most of the power and wouldn´t make you lose time in the mornings.