Onomatopoeia

Nah, then stuff breaks.

At idle, SSD is usually better (like you said if the SSD has proper power management, and that takes research to know).

Spinning platters are generally still better for power per gig/terabyte, because write time they consume less power than SSD.

I dont really look at drive power consumption, because even with ~10 drives running in my environment, a single cpu doing anything moderate blows away their power consumption numbers (I've tested, not that it was needed, heat dissipation alone makes it clear).

I have a ten-year old 5 drive NAS that runs 24/7, and it's barely above room temp. Average draw is a few watts (the number was so low I put it out of my mind, maybe 5 watts - Raspberry Pi territory).

My SFF desktop is 12w at idle, with either 2 small SSDs (500GB each) or a single large drive (12TB). So much for SSD having better idle power.

SSD isn't necessarily less energy hungry than spinning platter.

It really depends on the specific units and use patterns.

Generally SSD has better idle power, and HD has better read and write power, but that doesn't even always hold true.

If your device sits idle long enough, SSD is better for power, but the write time to get to idle could easily consume the power differential.

https://www.edn.com/power-vs-energy-ssd-and-hdd-case-studies/

Beat me to it. I always have the page up.

Haha, wow

It would probably help to define the terms you're using, as there are many ways to interpret "big place", "small place", "many people", etc.

I don't even know if your starting point is accurate.

Hey, according to Quantum Mechanics, the math works both ways!

About damn time.

Ok, Dr. Evil!

You're not wrong!

I'm a fan of the martini - when I'm in the mood to drink. But make it gin, a good one like Boodles or some of the new stuff with citrus notes.

Another good shower thought today!

Scans for open ports run continuously these days.

Ten years ago I opened a port for something for a couple days - for months after that I was getting regular scans against that port (and others).

At one point the scans were so constant it was killing my internet performance (poor little consumer router had no defense capability).

I don't think the scans ever fully stopped until I moved. Whoever has that IP now probably gets specifically scanned on occasion.

And just because you don't run a business doesn't mean you have nothing to lose.

DMZ should be enough... But routers have known flaws, so I'd be sure to verify whatever I'm using.

Finally, a real shower thought!