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Laptops are great servers? Hmm I beg to differ. They are very compressed, so they heat up a lot. You need low power server? Go for Atom like CPU with good case
by Borg3 3y ago
Laptops are great servers? Hmm I beg to differ.
They are very compressed, so they heat up a lot.
You need low power server? Go for Atom like CPU with good case.
My home server running D2550 and 2x 1TB HDD is less than 40W.
PSU is cold.
- abwizz 3y agotypical laptop goes below 10W while serving a gbps of samba
- ivolimmen 3y agoI run a server at home. It's a PINE64... uses 10w or something. My NAS uses more but I only turn that one when I need to backup stuff.
- varjag 3y agoRun the same load you do on your Atom on a laptop and it'll be cold as Thatcher gaze.
- cjdell 3y agoWell it depends what you're doing with it. In my case my CPU is averaging about 1% with the odd burst here and there. As a precaution I propped it up to allow increased airflow underneath. You do have a point in that certain devices can suffer from overcharging and bulging batteries. This issue is largely addressed in newer devices. I can see that the BMS in my laptop server is holding at 90% charge. Definitely worth checking if you plan to use an old phone/laptop/tablet as a 24/7 device.