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It would be worth measuring the power usage/efficiency. I run a home server that runs quite a few things on it and the power usage is around 225 watts at idle.
by jjeaff 4y ago
It would be worth measuring the power usage/efficiency. I run a home server that runs quite a few things on it and the power usage is around 225 watts at idle. At my electric rates, that amounts to around $45/month in electricity alone.
225 watts is a bit high for most small servers, but mine seems to be rather high due to the fact that I have about 18 SATA HDDs connected to it for file server capabilities.
A Raspberry Pi 4 consumes around 5 watts running at full bore, 2-3W at idle. Of course, it also couldn't handle what I am doing or I would use it.
In fact, my Home Assistant is running on a small mini-itx Intel celeron box dedicated to that because the PI was a bit too slow for my needs. But I run quite a bit of automation stuff on my Home Assistant instance. It draws around 25 watts at idle.
- 5d8767c68926 4y agoPre-pandemic, I picked up a fanless NUC style computer for ~$200. Takes a SSD and runs under 15 watts. I do not know if that pricing is still attainable today, but is my recommendation for someone looking for a tiny home server.