PC "always on"

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How would you setup a PC that no matter what it's always on and idling away? I know a UPS will protect it against power outages, but what if the power is out for half a day, the UPS will shut the computer down. Can the UPS power the PC back up?
 
I personally dont see why any home user (no matter what excuse they make) needs this 24/7, 365 days a year running.


It's a CI home audio Squeezebox server, no matter what when he uses the SB it'll be ready. I've got a SB server myself UPS too but haven't played around with powering on after UPS has shut off the PC due to run down battery

Very rare in this day and age to get powerouts, can happen though.

10 outages in a day, and was burning discs off and transferring data over the LAN.
 
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