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I have been using an old PC as NAS and running docker containers (Immich, Nextcloud, paperless-ngx etc.). I got 5 3.5" HDD disks and a Nvme. Even on idle, I am consuming 50-60w. A friend of mine is selling a Qnap NAS which is a dedicated machine and probably consumes less power, although I don't know if it's worth it.

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"powerful" LOL it's a turd

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/123540/intel-xeon-bronze-3106-processor-11m-cache-1-70-ghz/specifications.html

but yeah my current setup also happens to play games and adding storage is much easier cuz I can just throw whatever in there instead of making sure the drive conforms to some arbitrary crap.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's "powerful" in the sense that it has 48 PCI lanes and can use almost 800GB of memory (ECC included). This is just way overkill on most homelabs so the extra power draw isn't worth it.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, in that context I would agree.