Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
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Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
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#3That's what I was thinking too. My home server consumes like 15 W and is silent.
If you get a rack mounted server made for data centers and stick it in a closet so you can't hear it then yes, i guess this approach makes sense.
Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
#4Have you measured the power consumption of your "high power consumption" server?
Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
#5(2023), discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35627107
Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
#6That's what I was thinking too. My home server consumes like 15 W and is silent. If you get a rack mounted server made for data centers and stick it in a closet so you can't hear it then yes, i guess this approach makes sense.
I use a Mac Mini. When nothing it up, it draws like 7W!
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Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
#8Well done. But note: you can grab an ATX control board, or configure the RPi as a USB Gadget to wake the machine via power button or keyboard.
Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
#9Have you measured the power consumption of your "high power consumption" server?
Seriously. You can get running states around 1W these days.
Re: Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)
#10for ideal I need port knocking for wake up