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"This Is The ONLY Home Server You Should Buy" Or, why older computers may be better for the environment | Hardware Haven (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I thought this video was rather interesting, because at 12:27, the presenter crunches the numbers to find out how many years it would take for a new computer purchase to be more environmentally friendly (in regards to total CO2 expended) compared to using a less efficient used model.

Depending on the specific use case, it could take as little as 3 years to breakeven in terms of CO2 if both systems were at max power draw forever, and as long as 30 if the systems are mostly at idle.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I use a 2011 ThinkPad X120e as an FTP/Syncthing server. It was underpowered as a laptop from day one, but still works fine as a lightweight server. The best thing about ThinkPads is that TLP allows you to set min/max charging thresholds, so that you can keep an old battery in good shape for ... well, I'll let you know. This one's 14 years old and still has a four-hour run time.

One thing I'd like to try is "Wake My Potato" for shutdown / automatic restart when a power outage occurs.

Links:

TLP - https://linrunner.de/tlp/index.html

Wake My Potato - https://github.com/pablogila/WakeMyPotato

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

@BackYardIncendiary @ProdigalFrog If you have an old latitude, newer kernels also allow you to set min/max charging thresholds. My syncthing server (and NAS and a few other things) is an old 2013/2014 dell latitude e7240. It's not the original battery, but I do keep it in decent shape via charging thresholds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Nice to know that the latitudes work with TLP, since it opens up another set of possibilities for the future!

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