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Virtual machine on my always on desktop machine has replaced VPS for me. Inside virtual machines, there are rootless containers managed by systemd.
by thakoppno 4y ago
Virtual machine on my always on desktop machine has replaced VPS for me.
Inside virtual machines, there are rootless containers managed by systemd.
- op00to 4y agoI was surprised at how much energy my always on desktop machine uses. I’ve set it to sleep now, and host my desired vms/containers on an intel NUC. 20w vs 200w idle!
- graeber_28927 4y agoSame here. My NUC eats around 18W when idle, which translates to ~58 Euros a year in electricity costs. (serves mostly as a NAS for Plex) 10x that in costs would be quite significant, and my desktop idles easily above 100W. (Ryzen 5 3600 and GTX 1650Super) When I'm productive, I get to around 0.5-0.8€ a day of electricity costs with the PC, and gaming for just a few hours occasionally puts me above 1€/day.
- op00to 4y agoMy real killer is lab machines. It’s not worth it to pay more for more power efficient machines with a lot of RAM, but it is worth it to automate turning them on and off when I’m done! I’ve noticed a pretty big reduction in consumption having things sleep or shut themselves off.