I dunno when it happened but I swear SBCs were the new best thing in the universe for a while and everyone was building cool little servers with their RockPis and OrangePis.

Now it’s all gone x86 and Proxmox with everyone shitting on Arm. What happened? What gives?

Is my small army of xPis pointless? What about my 2 Edge routers?

I’ve got about 6 xPis scattered round my flat - is there anything worth doing with them or should I just bin them?

All thoughts, feelings and information welcome. Thank you.

  • phanto@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    I have an x86 proxmox setup. I stuck a kill-o-watt on it. Keep your pi setup if it does what you want, and realize that there’s someone out there who is jealous of your power bill.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      How bad is it?

      My current file server, an old gaming rig, consumes 100w at idle.

      I’m considering a TrueNAS box running either 2.5" ssd’s or NVME sticks (My storage target is under 8TB, and that’s including 3 years projected growth).

      • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        Go tweak your power and fan settings. 100w at idle is way too much unless it’s 15 years old.

        Fans, especially small ones are very sneaky energy hogs. Turn them waaay down.

        • nezbyte@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Depends on what your server is running. Multiple GPUs, HDDs, and other fun items start to add up to well over 100W. I justify it by using it to keep my 3d printer filament dry.

          • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            If you have multiple GPUs in your home server you’re probably doing it wrong. But even then, at idle, with no displays connected, the draw will be surprisingly low.

            Most systems with some ssd/NVMe, 2-4 DIMMs and maybe a drive or two should idle closer to 50w-60w.

            • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              If you’re getting two gaming PCs out of one hypervisor, you might be doing it right.

    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      My x86 Proxmox consumes about 0.3 kwh a day at around 15% average load. I’ve only had the Kill A Watt on it for a day, so I don’t know how accurate that is, but it shouldn’t be too far off.