Comment on What is the most efficient method to set up a home server?
jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 11 months ago
I personally think a NAS would probably be the easiest option and on top of that they are optimized for low electricity consumption, which a PC, especially when it’s older is not. It makes a huge difference because it’s running 24/7 for 356 days a year.
I used a PC once and didn’t realize that it took always about 300 W so at the end of the year surprisingly the electricity bill was much higher than normally.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Were you mining bitcoin or something?
jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 11 months ago
It was running zoneminder.com but idling it used almost the same amount. It was a old PC my dad saved from being thrown out at his company. It must have been from around 2002 or something.
the_third@feddit.de 11 months ago
Yeah - that has changed since then. Power usage in the 30 to 40W range is easily attainable of you take some care selecting the components.
jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 11 months ago
I bought a NUC which took 5 W idling that was quite amazing.