Power efficiency - Lemmy.zip

I’m wondering what folks do to optimise the power efficiency of their Linux servers. I’ve never really got to the bottom of what is the best way to do this and with the current energy crisis its a pertinent topic. I’m talking about home servers, so the availability requirements are not the same as in a corporate environment. There might be vast chunks of time during the day or night when they sit idle, and home users are more tolerant of a lag when accessing resources if it means lower energy bills. Specifically I’ve been thinking about: - allowing lower power states when idle - spinning-down hdd’s when they’re not in use - MAYBE letting machines sleep/hibernate - setting schedules of times where you know demand will be low/zero and efficiency can be managed aggressively - any other quick wins I’ve missed It would be amazing if there was one tool or one guide that helps with all of that but thats never the case, is it 😅 Thoughts?

Letting go of older inefficient hardware is no 1.

Why run a 200w server when a 30w mini PC or 10w pi can run a dozen containers

The mini PCs Draw up to 30W, mine runs at a 8W average
I have never measured my pi consumption but ilo says my DL380 Gen8 idles at between 120w to 180w
My old Pi4 with SSD averaged around 1W lower than my mini PC, but performance and usability of my mini PC is far greater. I generally advice against using most SBCs these days unless you specifically need the pin I/O for something.