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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by cmeacham98 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:40AM (#31410425)
In what world is a server that presumably sits most of the day doing nothing averaging 200W 24/7?
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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by dewey on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:43AM (#31410483)
If that content is sourced from torrents you'll have a lot of disks spinning all the time just to seed tiny chunks so that's not unreasonable.
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Re:Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just p... by cmeacham98 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:50AM (#31410602)
OP probably only has 5-6 drives at most (more likely 3x 10TB), which should draw 15W-20W each _at most_, and that's at 100% utilization not reading a small file.

Also, OP included a Usenet subscription in their costs so they might not be torrenting at all.

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