Greetings just received my late 2014 Mac Mini from apple today. Very fast and nice system, I see why everyone likes mac systems. Anyway I have for over 10 years always run my desktop PC's 24/7 without turning them off or shutting down the hard drives.
My question is will there be any ill affects from setting my mini so it won't spin down the hard drive won't turn off the display or go to sleep? Just leaving it on and ready 24/7/365?
Thanks and have a good night!
Just the wear on the monitor and hard drive. I myself let mine either sleep (has rotating hard drive) or Power Nap (has sold state disk). and have the Mac set up to turn off the monitor. Startup is very fast from Sleep or Power Nap.
I'm also a newbie.
An added thought which you've probably already considered -- the mini will do tasks, such as back up using time machine, update etc.., while sleeping or idle. If you don't have an uninterruptible power supply and the power goes out....
I hooked up my existing UPS to the mini and am now able to control its settings through the mini -- system preferences >> energy saver
The settings appeared upon UPS connection; no software required.
When "Sleeping" ta Mac can backup but it can awaken on network access
OS X: Saving energy with Sleep - Apple Support
.However. if it is Power Napping, it will awaken to do backps and some other things
Late 2014 Mini 24/7
