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Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way

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Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way

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Post by pmontra »

I'm using a smart plug that I can turn on via curl from a script of from its web server from my phone. However sleep to RAM has some advantage. I already entered the wake on demand rabbit hole and stopped at the first hurdles. Maybe I'll try again with the experience of this post.

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Post by heywire »

Another option, if your needs are relatively modest, is to choose a low power mini PC. The one I chose idles at around 5W under Linux before any tweaking. It is based on the Intel N5105. I have a few 2.5” external HDDs attached for backup which are configured to sleep after a short time.

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Post by trustingtrust »

heywire wrote: post #3

Another option, if your needs are relatively modest, is to choose a low power mini PC. The one I chose idles at around 5W under Linux before any tweaking. It is based on the Intel N5105. I have a few 2.5” external HDDs attached for backup which are configured to sleep after a short time.

A lot of times I want to build something on my homeserver and N5105 ain’t gonna cut it. I don’t build every day or every hour but if I want to I would have to turn it on and off every time.

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Post by oneshtein »

heywire wrote: post #3

Another option, if your needs are relatively modest, is to choose a low power mini PC. The one I chose idles at around 5W under Linux before any tweaking. It is based on the Intel N5105. I have a few 2.5” external HDDs attached for backup which are configured to sleep after a short time.

Another option is to use a smartphone with damaged screen, USB Ethernet card and an external USB drive.

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Post by ladyanita22 »

Saying Windows has had it since Windows 98 and then, acknowledging that the issue is wake-on-demand is a bit confusing to say the least. Obviously Linux can sleep easily since decades ago. The issue is wake on demand (and I don't know if Windows has that even)

Edit: I don't why everyone's having issues. I run Fedora on a cheap Gigabyte G5KD and never had any problems. Never did with either of my thinkpads or my Xiaomi Mi Notebook...

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