archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoIf you were to suddenly come into possession of 12+ enterprise-grade SAS hard drives, how would you go about incorporating them into your homelab?message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareIf you were to suddenly come into possession of 12+ enterprise-grade SAS hard drives, how would you go about incorporating them into your homelab?archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoIf I remember correctly, every watt is around $1 a year. So a 100 watt server costs $100 a year every year to run. 12 SAS drives and the server is going to be expensive to keep running.
minus-squareAceBonobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months ago1W would be 8.769kWh per year. Pricing is regional.
minus-squareseang96@spgrn.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt can also vary by time and day. I got that setup since I use more at night, but in general power companies average that throughout the day.
If I remember correctly, every watt is around $1 a year. So a 100 watt server costs $100 a year every year to run. 12 SAS drives and the server is going to be expensive to keep running.
1W would be 8.769kWh per year. Pricing is regional.
It can also vary by time and day. I got that setup since I use more at night, but in general power companies average that throughout the day.