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Re:Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on dema... by nottorp on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:35PM (#35630958)
That's what I was thinking too. My home server consumes like 15 W and is silent (and saturates gigabit).

If you get a rack mounted server made for data centers and stick it in a closet so you can't hear it then yes, i guess this approach makes sense.

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Re:Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on dema... by m463 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:51PM (#35631136)
> and stick it in a closet

went down that route years and years ago and... it heats up the closet.

Actually, (though not a server) I remember one place I lived, I just put my monitor, keyboard and mouse in the bedroom at a nice desk. Then I ran the cables through the wall to the computer in the next room where it could be loud and cool. (quiet, fast, cool: pick two)

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Re:Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on dema... by nottorp on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:46PM (#35631808)
Haha when I was young and didn't know better i splurged on a dual socket AMD desktop. Athlon 1600M it was, I think.

Ended up physically removing a CPU because the noise and heat was... not... worth... it.

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