My 10 year old ITX NAS build with 4 HDDs used 40W at idle. Just upgraded to an Aoostart WTR Pro with the same 4 HDDs, uses 28W at idle. My power bill currently averages around US$0.13/kWh.
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Idle: 30 Watts
Starting all docker containers after reboot: 140 Watts
It needs around 28 kWh per month.
About 700 watts, it makes for a decent space heater in the winter.
I'm right around the same level, and it actually keeps my server room / workshop at comfortable temperature during the winter. I also have my gaming PC mounted in my server rack; when that's running, there are times where my AC will still kick in even when it's 40 degrees outside.
I think at max 200w? It runs a collection of fedi/self service stuff.
I also run a pi with a couple of apps on a pi 3 that sips power.
It's a legitimate issue because it's 50+ cents per killowat hour where I live so power is very expensive...
That seems really high, I think power where I live is about 12-14 cents per kilowatt hour. What makes it so expenses where you live?
Damn, I wish ours was that cheap. We're roughly $.30/kwh, mostly because our local poco is a reseller of SCE and we're in a rural area.
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Holy shit. I'm paying less than 10c per kwh even in the "high usage" tier.
I wish that was ours...
that's insane, i pay like 5¢ a KWh
Want to switch?
My server with 8 hard drives uses about 60 watts and goes up to around 80 under heavy load. The firewall, switch, access points and modem use another 50-60 watts.
I really need upgrade my server and firewall to something about 10 years newer, it would reduce my power consumption quite a bit and I would have a lot more runtime on UPS.
I'm idling at 120W with eight drives, but I'm currently looking into how to lower it.
There are some really efficient systems out there, but power requirements depend a lot on what is run.
A simple website is very different that a photo gallery running content ID for example.
For two servers (one with a lot of spinning rust), two switches, and a few other miscellaneous network appliances. My server rack averages around 600-650W. During periods of high demand (nightly backups, for instance), that can peak at around 750W.
Wow, that sounds like I have rookie numbers
80-100 watts at idle which is most of the time. Two OS drives, two fast drives, two spinners, lots of networking and always syncing with the rest of the cluster.
the boxes i have running 24/7 use about 20w max each, and about half that at idle or 'normal' loads.
My servers (an old desktop overstuffed with drives and an old dell laptop), networking gear and a 50 gal aquarium all run on the same outlet. As long as the aquarium heater is off, the outlet pulls about 200 watts. The aquarium heater spikes that to 400 watts when it kicks in.