Mine runs at 30watts at idle.
That powers 4 switches, 1AP, and my proxmox system (framework laptop motherboard) which runs my router and my services.
What is everyone else’s usage and what does it power?
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Around 100w usually for:
- ccr2004
- crs309
- old epyc 7601 server (about 60w, 8 HDDs with spindown, 5 ssds and a mcx311 10G)
- homeassistant raspi separate from the main server
- poe switch for phone and ap.
All connected to a UPS so measuring is easy and power usage is constant. I would prefer lower as power cost is very high but there is not really anything significant to save at the moment as the server board has no standby function and i need it most of the time.
I try not too think about it 😬
I would guess everything together is around 800 Watts
Mine runs a little under 18 W with one 8 port managed switch, a DSL modem, CM4-based router, a tiny Wifi AP, and an Intel Celeron J4105 based mini PC server.
Between 3 switches, 4 servers, and my desktop also using one of my UPS units, I average about 850w, with peaks up to 1.1kw when my desktop is running. Luckily, electricity where I live is only 13cents/kwh.
I really don’t like how people most commonly try to justify the monetary cost of their power consumption.
In my opinion the way more important metrics should be how the energy you are consuming is generated and how much carbon emissions are caused by it.
Who cares that your 2000W@230V idle are “free”, if that means you are burning crude oil in your backyard to generate it…
Who cares
My wallet
I’m not saying that cost of power is entirely irrelevant.
I’m saying that “My setup consumes a lot of power, but that’s fine because it doesn’t cost me much” is kind of backwards. While monetary cost certainly is one of the arguments for energy efficiency, responsibly using resources and avoiding wasting energy are way more compelling ones imo. That especially applies if your energy isn’t produced via renewable means.
Even if power was entirely free of monetary cost, you shouldn’t waste it, don’t you agree?
I don’t know, but my electric bill is certainly painful.
55W idle for 3 servers, network gear and UPS. I live in the US but electricity is still expensive and I try to keep everything efficient. My primary/most powerful server with 20TB of SSD only uses 22W idle.
My rack looks to pull about 325-350W. I need to downgrade my main server, as it’s a bit overkill as a decommed proliant. Need to figure out a high ram nuc as a replacement
Mine has been idling around 300-400 watts. I’ve recently been making some changes that have it running more than usual. I’m hoping in the next week I will get it back below 300 watt idle. With the space I have and the current cost of solar panels I basically offset the entire labs electric usage with about $800 worth of solar gear. So I haven’t stressed too much about electric use.
What did you get to offset the cost? I’d like to do something but idk where to start looking.
I went with simple micro-inverters (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N8T2741/) paired with some standard panels (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRKK73QN/) Micro-inverters can’t be used when doing a full off-grid system but they are great at reducing energy bills. Super easy install that required no change to my home’s electric circuits.
Mine is ~300w @ 230v most of the day. It varies only on what is being used.
when power fails and i have to switch to generator, the servers stay about the same but I can add about 250w to that for my PC, modem(nbn) etc . (which is why i know this info!)
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30 watts average for Starlink
Estimating 15 watts for the two Deco units plus the Netgear range extender (acting as Ethernet bridge to protect from lightning.)
About 100 watts for the HTPC with three usb tuners.
Between 70 watts (black) and 380 watts (white) on the old Plasma.
All running on four AGM batteries charged by solar, falling back to mains when battery drops to 20%200-300w
I’ve been eyeing a transition over to intel Nucs. At the moment i’m at about 120w, hoping to bring that down to 70-80w, or even more if possible
Currently powering:
- Thin client (firewall/router)
- Old machine (DVR)
- New machine (hypervisor)
- Nuc (testing workloads)
- Network switch
- PoE CCTV
I’ve got:
R720 w/ 2697v2s, 12 hdds Some Intel 2011 box w/ 2667v2s A custom AM5 server w/ 7700x, 8 hdds An old Cisco enterprise 48 port (&4 SFP+) switch It seems to hover ~800w.
I’m looking into replacing a lot of it especially the Intel server because it’s used for just pfSense.Currently my UPS is reporting 207 watts, that’s with a unraid server (3600 + 32GB ram + 2060 super for plex, and 6 drives), a mini pc for pf sense, a rpi 4 running pihole and vpn server, a single poe ap, a modem, and security cameras… it can spike to 250w with multiple encodes going on from family … but overall not bad… I did have a dedicated 20A switch installed for just my network closet as well
