Both PCs here are on 24/7... they only get turned off when I leave on a trip for more than 3 days. Even then I am considering leaving the server running as I can access my files remotely that way.

The monitor on the server is always off (other than for service or when being used as a TV, which is pretty rare).

I'm not sure what current reliability data says about these things, but when I used to work for DEC (6 years ago) some of the reports I read indicated that the most likely time for a hard disk failure was at turn on (stress on the bearing). Once they were running leaving them on was the way to go.

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