tomspark wrote:
Yes, leave it on 24/7 — that's exactly what a NAS is built for. SparkBox starts itself automatically when the machine boots, so there's nothing to manage day-to-day. The only routine thing worth doing is keeping SparkBox updated: run sudo sparkbox update every so often and it'll pull in any fixes and improvements. If you ever do restart the machine itself, everything comes back on its own automatically.