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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by imhoguy on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:44AM (#33174042)
Look how much electricity we would save if many unused servers would turn on only when users actually need them. We need WoL via browser. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by RealStickman_ on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:12AM (#33174900)
You mean spinning up resources as needed?

I think I've heard of some services like that...

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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by marginalia_nu on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:16AM (#33174931)
That's more like billing resources as needed, rather than actually spinning them up. The resources are always spinning.
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by imhoguy on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:48AM (#33175138)
Yep, exactly that. I know most of HW can go on power-save on idle states, but still drawing some 5-15W of energy doing nothing. We need some kind of "e-ink" for web resources which doesn't change much but just need to be reached occasionally/on-demand, with a slight unsuspend delay of course.
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