My Home Lab Server with 20 Cores / 40 Threads and 128 GB Memory

Re:My Home Lab Server with 20 Cores / 40 Threads and 128 GB ... by CommieBobDole on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:40PM (#20690001)

You know, that raises a question - how expensive does power get, anyway? Last time I posted my home lab setup (couple of old R610s, Cisco small business switch, ASA 5510), I got a lot of pushback on how much power that consumes and how expensive it is to run. I did the math, and I was looking at maybe $20-$30/month depending on load. Which is not really a lot of money considering how much use I get out of it.

I'm definitely getting cheaper power than a lot of people at $.08/kWh, but it looks like the US average is only about $.12 - are there places where a couple hundred watts is going to be a significant financial burden on the average IT worker?

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Re:My Home Lab Server with 20 Cores / 40 Threads and 128 GB ... by eropple on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:53PM (#20690122)

To me it's less a financial burden and more the discomfort of burning electricity just to run a few Docker containers and some databases for personal projects.

I expect that once, next summer, we get the house kitted with solar and batteries, I will feel a little more okay about it.

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