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recommendations for small, energy efficient hardware (lemmy.world)
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My use case is a homelab kubernetes cluster, so I want multiple nodes for redundancy, but I don't want to use too much electricity or generate too much heat. But for the sake of other readers, let's keep it general:

What's a nice little computer for a homelab, with its own power supply, ethernet, and room for 2 internal disks?

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[–] 1 point 4 days ago

They're not energy efficient when they're working, but usually servers are idle 95% of the time.

You'll spend more money buying new hardware than the power you save.

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