BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
I use a 2011 ThinkPad X120e as an FTP/Syncthing server. It was underpowered as a laptop from day one, but still works fine as a lightweight server. The best thing about ThinkPads is that TLP allows you to set min/max charging thresholds, so that you can keep an old battery in good shape for … well, I’ll let you know. This one’s 14 years old and still has a four-hour run time.
One thing I’d like to try is “Wake My Potato” for shutdown / automatic restart when a power outage occurs.
Links:
TLP - linrunner.de/tlp/index.html
Wake My Potato - github.com/pablogila/WakeMyPotato
Jayb151@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Does that TLP work with proxmox? I was thinking about trying pm with an old Dell latitude I have, but I’m worried about the battery exploding.
cecilkorik@piefed.ca 1 week ago
Assuming it's compatible with the hardware at all, it should. You would have to install it on the Proxmox host itself, but Proxmox is basically just Fancy-Debian-for-Virtual-Machine-Hosting and it has Debian packages so that shouldn't be a problem. Login to the Proxmox itself and install it there.
Jayb151@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Ha! I didn’t even realize proxmox was Debian based. Thanks!
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
I’ve never used Proxmox, so I can’t say. But TLP is a utility that starts at boot. I’ve used it with virtualbox running, so if Proxmox runs atop a host operating system, I don’t imagine that it would interfere with TLP.
As an additional note, I usually set the min/max thresholds at 40/80, so the battery will charge any time it’s plugged in and below 40% and stops charging when it reaches 80%.