Electrical costs to run a home web server

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I think there might be some on this list that are struggling and that is 
why they are here - cheep old hardware that runs Linux well.

I need to watch my dollars and sense....

The reason for the question is I am building a home web PHP server... It 
is for learning.

If it really cost $15 - $20 a month to run a server, then a $20 VPS at 
Digital Ocean becomes an option for the same cost and D.O. gives more.

I think anyone running their own web server or whatever they may need is 
a great way to learn about the hardware and the software stack.



On 2021-07-21 09:54, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> $262 a YEAR. If you can't afford $22 more a month you need a less
> expensive hobby.
> Don't go out to eat one less time a month. Go to the movies one less
> time a month. I'm sure you can figure out something else to do one
> less time a month.
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> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:34 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I just read this quote about the electrical costs to run a web server
>> from home:
>> 
>> Cost: While it may sound cheaper to use that computer lying around 
>> doing
>> nothing when creating your web server, when you factor in the cost of
>> powering an old computer 24 hours a day, it can get very expensive. A
>> 250W desktop computer running 24 hours per day at 12 cents per KW/h is 
>> a
>> whopping $262.00 per year!
>> 
>> ---
>> I think their math is wrong.
>> 
>> The average residential electricity rate in Chandler is 10.85¢/kWh.
>> 
>> I'm thinking a low traffic PHP web server running on an old Dell with 
>> a
>> 400 watt power supply is not using but maybe 100 watts on average.  
>> I've
>> read that the computer should use no more than half the power supply
>> capacity.  Is this correct?
>> 
>> If my home web server is using 100 watts an hour that mean 100 watts *
>> 30 days * 24 hours or 72K watts.
>> 
>> I'm thinking 72 * .1085 = $7.81 a month.
>> 
>> Any thoughts are much appreciated.
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