Electrical costs to run a home web server

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Making or consuming?


On 2021-07-21 10:40, Retro64XYZ via PLUG-discuss wrote:
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> On 7/21/21 10:34 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> 
>> I am curious... what could you be doing at home that might require a 
>> R730xd?
>> 
>> 
>> On 2021-07-21 07:55, Snyder, Alexander J wrote:
>>> I run a Dell R730xd, a switch, a hardware FW, a NAS and a 3000VA UPS.
>>> 
>>> On 24/7, obviously.
>>> 
>>> I barely notice the extra power on my monthly bill.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alexander.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 07:34 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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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