Sleeping Computer vs. Shutdown ?

Powering up after shutdown, poses some problems restablishing an
Internet connection. These are not encountered when activating a
computer that's been "put to sleep". This last seems to involve, no
activity of the hard drive, but response to a key press, so
something's still active. I want to minimize wear 'n tear of the
system, but only putting to sleep seems to have advantages. Thoughts &
comments most welcome & thanks.

On 11/18/2015 10:13 AM, wrote:
Powering up after shutdown, poses some problems restablishing an
Internet connection. These are not encountered when activating a
computer that's been "put to sleep". This last seems to involve, no
activity of the hard drive, but response to a key press, so
something's still active. I want to minimize wear 'n tear of the
system, but only putting to sleep seems to have advantages. Thoughts &
comments most welcome & thanks.




I have been using the hibernate feature on my desktop and it has worked
out well.

The machine is on a UPS however because a power drop out would negate
the state of hibernation.

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On 11/18/2015 10:13 AM, wrote:
Powering up after shutdown, poses some problems restablishing an
Internet connection. These are not encountered when activating a
computer that's been "put to sleep". This last seems to involve, no
activity of the hard drive, but response to a key press, so
something's still active. I want to minimize wear 'n tear of the
system, but only putting to sleep seems to have advantages. Thoughts &
comments most welcome & thanks.




I have been using the hibernate feature on my desktop and it has worked
out well.

The machine is on a UPS however because a power drop out would negate the
state of hibernation.


Are you sure about power drop outs? I have a laptop which I hibernate
routinely and frequently swop batteries between standard and double size.
The only effect of battery removal on hibernation is that I have to use the
power button to wake it up instead of just opening the lid as usual.

On 11/21/2015 11:34 AM, MikeS wrote:



I have been using the hibernate feature on my desktop and it has worked
out well.

The machine is on a UPS however because a power drop out would negate the
state of hibernation.


Are you sure about power drop outs? I have a laptop which I hibernate
routinely and frequently swop batteries between standard and double size.
The only effect of battery removal on hibernation is that I have to use the
power button to wake it up instead of just opening the lid as usual.





Possible I might have been thinking "suspend"


anyway no harm on having it all on a UPS

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:13:53 -0500, wrote:

Powering up after shutdown, poses some problems restablishing an
Internet connection. These are not encountered when activating a
computer that's been "put to sleep". This last seems to involve, no
activity of the hard drive, but response to a key press, so
something's still active. I want to minimize wear 'n tear of the
system, but only putting to sleep seems to have advantages. Thoughts &
comments most welcome & thanks.

My experience with sleep and hibernate has been very hit and miss.
Some systems seem to work well and others seem to have endless
hiccups. I gave up on my main computer and just leave it on all the
time and let the HD's and monitor turn off after 15 minutes of no
activity but the computer itself just stays on. I've done that with
almost all my main computers for over 15 years and have never found it
to cause any issues as far as things wearing out.

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On 11/21/2015 11:34 AM, MikeS wrote:



I have been using the hibernate feature on my desktop and it has worked
out well.

The machine is on a UPS however because a power drop out would negate the
state of hibernation.


Are you sure about power drop outs? I have a laptop which I hibernate
routinely and frequently swop batteries between standard and double size.
The only effect of battery removal on hibernation is that I have to use the
power button to wake it up instead of just opening the lid as usual.





Possible I might have been thinking "suspend"


anyway no harm on having it all on a UPS

There's also hybrid sleep, which both writes hibernation data AND leaves
the system in standby, giving you a best-of-both-worlds, in that your
system is left in standby for a nearly-instant restart, while also
writing all of the needed state to disk so that if power is lost, you
can recover.

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