Is it necessary to turn TC off?

Just bought and installed my 1 TB Time Capsule, and it's working fine, so far. I was just wondering whether people turn their TC off at the wall socket, when shutting down the computer overnight? Or should it be left on?
Message was edited by: jia10

Agreed. However, for general internet browsing and other activities that generally do not require backups, for most people it's probably not necessary to have their backup drive on 24/7 and running hourly backups. I know the whole idea is to keep it running quietly in the background and the more frequent the backup the faster and the smaller the incremental...
I consider minimizing the electricity usage of all of my passive appliances, the TC running hot, prolonging the life of the device (yes if you're going to turn it on and off frequently -- just leave on), and security. If my computers, network drives, and wireless signal are down most of the time, my network couldn't be more secure.
Just to be clear, I'm not trying to make a strong argument. I could equally take the stance, why worry about it? Whether or not TC dies in a year or 2 is really irrelevant to me. If Apple has a new more attractive replacement, I'll probably get it.

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