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You know, that raises a question - how expensive does power get, anyway? Last time I posted my home lab setup (couple of old R610s, Cisco small business switch,
by CommieBobDole 7y ago
You know, that raises a question - how expensive does power get, anyway? Last time I posted my home lab setup (couple of old R610s, Cisco small business switch, ASA 5510), I got a lot of pushback on how much power that consumes and how expensive it is to run. I did the math, and I was looking at maybe $20-$30/month depending on load. Which is not really a lot of money considering how much use I get out of it.
I'm definitely getting cheaper power than a lot of people at $.08/kWh, but it looks like the US average is only about $.12 - are there places where a couple hundred watts is going to be a significant financial burden on the average IT worker?
- eropple 7y agoTo me it's less a financial burden and more the discomfort of burning electricity just to run a few Docker containers and some databases for personal projects. I expect that once, next summer, we get the house kitted with solar and batteries, I will feel a little more okay about it.