Comments on: Go Green Nippon Style: Turn Your Server Off at Night

By: joeboo

joeboo — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:23:30 +0000

mac servers can be set to auto wake and shutdown for specified times,

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Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:56:51 +0000

[...] our food came from. There are very few of us are that are like my friend Chris Dalby, who only buys food from farm shops, but that’s surely going to change as more and more products turn out to be contaminated. [...]

By: monkchips

monkchips — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:53:36 +0000

Great question Charlie. not on a small scale, I don’t think, although some vendors (Cassatt, say) are beginning to think through that kind of capability

By: Charlie O'Hearn

Charlie O'Hearn — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:23:44 +0000

Does anyone make something that will automatically turn your server on in the morning when you are ready to work?

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Greenmonk Associates : Turn Servers Off When You Don’t Need Them Part 2 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:17:35 +0000

[...] recently blogged about the fact its common in Japan to turn servers off at night, so I found it interesting that Cassatt, the data center automation vendor launched by BEA founder [...]

By: monkchips

monkchips — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:46:42 +0000

hey chris its a beautiful picture. i wish we had kaija here when we got burgled.

mike- looked at the labor costs? well evidently in japan the benefits must outweigh the costs. i don’t know a formal study, no. I absolutely agree about working fast-boot technology.

BT I know is pushing its suppliers from always on to always available…

By: Links from Readers

Links from Readers — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:41:05 +0000

[...] this link on saving energy by turning computers off at night! He recently learned that in Japan, insurance companies offer lower rates to companies that turn their servers off in the evening, since the believe it lowers the risk of fires. He describes it as “a commitment to not 24/7, [...]

By: Mike Gunderloy

Mike Gunderloy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:31:31 +0000

Has anyone looked at the labor costs of this? I know that even on my tiny little dozen-machine network, I am reluctant to power everything off at night simply because it takes so bloody long waiting for the damn things to boot up in the morning. Seems like actual working fast-boot technologies would go a long way to sell this initiative.

By: chris dalby

chris dalby — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:17:05 +0000

Hey james

I love this photo of Kaija out doberman. This was taken in the Ardeche, South of France. Sh loved it down there.

I posted that tweet thinking I was being a bit of a dork, seems like it wasn’t so dorkish afterall. Thanks.