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I believe this is a slightly controversial topic, at least from what I have gathered so far. Some say its best to leave the server on to spare the life time of the spinning rust. Other seem to prefer to save power and boot the server off each night. So wanted to chip in and hear what folks here do and why do what you do.

Bonus question; Do you guys have a UPS? Is it a must have for a homelab, or does it just depend on the usecase?

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[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 20 points 4 months ago (5 children)

24/7 of course, that's the point of it. But I have solar, so I don't mind consuming power, and its not thatuxh a yway, so, anyway...

What's the point in turning it off at all???

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Saving power of course.

Reducing noise and temps is another.

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have solar, so the power consumption is negligible, I am already mostly selling yo the network and not "consuming" most of the days. Also, the server stuff sits in a sound proofed and ventilated compartment in the most remote area of the house.

20 years of planning ahahahahah

Past the times when it was sitting in my bedroom.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I just said what the general benefits are since you apparently were unable to get that yourself.

I'm not saying you specifically should do or not do something, I don't care.

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