I believe this is a slightly controversial topic, at least from what I have gathered so far. Some say its best to leave the server on to spare the life time of the spinning rust. Other seem to prefer to save power and boot the server off each night. So wanted to chip in and hear what folks here do and why do what you do.

Bonus question; Do you guys have a UPS? Is it a must have for a homelab, or does it just depend on the usecase?

  • headset@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    29 days ago

    As someone who enjoys pluging USB drives on unnatended computers, I love people that never restart their machines.

    Thanks guys, you are the best! Enjoy your uptimes (ง ื▿ ื)ว

    • ahal@lemmy.caEnglish
      19·
      29 days ago

      If you’re plugging a USB drive into my home server, then I have bigger problems than malware.

    • computergeek125@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      29 days ago

      A well managed server won’t init an arbitrary drive and has a lock screen with a password so that the most a rubber ducky would be able to do is reboot it. Which is something you’d already be able to do if you had access to the front panel with the power button.