rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down16
arrow-up1437arrow-down1external-linkAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squarecowmouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 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
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.
My X230 idles at 10W
Much less inefficient than old it infrastructure.