Yehor 🇺🇦Moving important #selfhosted services from the “big server” to a mini PC reduced overall #homelab electricity consumption without affecting its performance. I can now safely turn off the “big server” during long power outages at night or when I’m out and not able to start a generator. Also, it is done automatically with #HomeAssistant and #Proxmox API, as I wrote before.
By the way, half of my #homelab power consumption is from that “big server.” So I have room for optimization by replacing the CPU with something less powerful. Or by powering it on only when we want to watch something on #Plex. But I have remote users, and the situation is manageable for now to leave things as is.
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Stefan 
@yehor I‘m running all #HomeLab stuff including all APs on a Shelly Plug S, which is measuring power consumption.
114 W, for 2 thin clients (proxmox nodes), 3 Unifi APs, 2 switches, Synology 2 bay NAS, some RPis, Protectli Router
I also have a rack server, which I only use as backup basically.
woe2you@stefan I have similar setup. 2 UniFi APs, UCG Ultra, a PoE switch, 2 mini PCs, Home Assistant Blue, HUE bridge and a 6 bay custom-built NAS aka “big server”. 100-120 Watts. And 60 Watts when the big one is powered off.