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It would be easier to turn it on and off at the power plug. Some day I may want to turn on other comptuers in the same way. &nbsp;I have computers however processors eat so much electric these days, and the drives are not exactly tea totallers. &nbsp;<br />
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It would be easier to turn it on and off at the power plug. Some day I may want to turn on other comptuers in the same way.  I have computers however processors eat so much electric these days, and the drives are not exactly tea totallers.  



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It is ot possible to turn the electricity t an external USB dirve this way. If you buy a remotely controllable Power Outlet controlling 4/8/16 systems at at time you can turn on and off individual systems. But it would cost you more then all systems would consume in 10 years in total :)<br />

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Hi,

It is ot possible to turn the electricity t an external USB dirve this way. If you buy a remotely controllable Power Outlet controlling 4/8/16 systems at at time you can turn on and off individual systems. But it would cost you more then all systems would consume in 10 years in total :)


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The envirement:<br />
Home, Roadrunner, IDE drive in an external USB case, Webserver with Suse 10.1<br />
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Requirement:<br />
I do not want the USB drive to be taking electric when it is just sitting. &nbsp;If I can remotely turn it on with root access, I can get my files and turn the drive back off. &nbsp;I do not want to spend all that much. &nbsp;This is a home &quot;&nbsp;just for fun&quot; system.<br />
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The envirement:
Home, Roadrunner, IDE drive in an external USB case, Webserver with Suse 10.1

Requirement:
I do not want the USB drive to be taking electric when it is just sitting.  If I can remotely turn it on with root access, I can get my files and turn the drive back off.  I do not want to spend all that much.  This is a home " just for fun" system.

  

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