Thanks!! I've looked into that a bit. Might be a project for down the
road.
Right now I am using an old i3 laptop for testing. I have a i3 mini
tower I was going to use, however I'm thinking a laptop will be about
25% of the electrical usage. I replaced the spinner with an SSD. I
used it as my LAMP test server and it appears fast enough.
On 2021-07-21 10:38, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Get yourself a Raspberry pi 4, which should be more than powerful to
learn on, they only use 3.4 watts which should amount to just
slightly more $2 per year, and when your done with your project you'll
have a Raspberry PI... then you can make an any number of awesome
things with it. I must have a dozen of them around my house doing
various things to make my life better.
Brian Cluff
On 7/21/21 10:29 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I think there might be some on this list that are struggling and that
is why they are here - cheep old hardware that runs Linux well.
I need to watch my dollars and sense....
The reason for the question is I am building a home web PHP server...
It is for learning.
If it really cost $15 - $20 a month to run a server, then a $20 VPS at
Digital Ocean becomes an option for the same cost and D.O. gives more.
I think anyone running their own web server or whatever they may need
is a great way to learn about the hardware and the software stack.
On 2021-07-21 09:54, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
$262 a YEAR. If you can't afford $22 more a month you need a less
expensive hobby.
Don't go out to eat one less time a month. Go to the movies one less
time a month. I'm sure you can figure out something else to do one
less time a month.
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On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:34 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I just read this quote about the electrical costs to run a web
server
from home:
Cost: While it may sound cheaper to use that computer lying around
doing
nothing when creating your web server, when you factor in the cost
of
powering an old computer 24 hours a day, it can get very expensive.
A
250W desktop computer running 24 hours per day at 12 cents per KW/h
is a
whopping $262.00 per year!
---
I think their math is wrong.
The average residential electricity rate in Chandler is 10.85¢/kWh.
I'm thinking a low traffic PHP web server running on an old Dell
with a
400 watt power supply is not using but maybe 100 watts on average.
I've
read that the computer should use no more than half the power supply
capacity. Is this correct?
If my home web server is using 100 watts an hour that mean 100 watts
*
30 days * 24 hours or 72K watts.
I'm thinking 72 * .1085 = $7.81 a month.
Any thoughts are much appreciated.
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