rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down18
arrow-up1417arrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squarecowmouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThey’re usually very inefficient energetically though
minus-squareChreutz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, one of my main priorities for a home server is its energy efficiency (and fan noise). Older laptops rarely fit into that. But newer ‘ultrabooks’ might be good.
minus-squareconstantokra@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMuch less inefficient than old it infrastructure.
They’re usually very inefficient energetically though
My X230 idles at 10W
Yeah, one of my main priorities for a home server is its energy efficiency (and fan noise). Older laptops rarely fit into that. But newer ‘ultrabooks’ might be good.
Much less inefficient than old it infrastructure.