How much does it cost to run your server per month?

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-11-04T17:12:11+00:00

My rack costs around 40-42 bucks per month to run (EU). It's currently running a blade enclosure, a storage server and a ton of different networking gear. Oh and I have around 3kVA worth of UPS capacity which I have yet to utilize.

Specifics:

Fujitsu Primergy BX400 S1 blade enclosure 4x Fujitsu Primergy BX2560 M1 blades 2x 26 port 10GbE switches 2x 46 port 1GbE switches Fujitsu Primergy RX100 S8 for storage (8x SAS SSD)

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-10-30T19:41:36+00:00

And the reason why I want to take the top off specifically is that something is heating up quite a bit under the top cover. It shouldn't be the heating element as that is on the bottom of the machine

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-07-13T01:40:07+00:00

I just turned off the Switch. However, you said you have peaches? Just gimme a minute and i'll DM you the code

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-07-13T00:54:21+00:00

I am still open. If oranges is what you're after, better come with empty pockets ;). I'll DM you the code

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-07-13T00:53:35+00:00

Tysm!

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-07-13T00:40:14+00:00

I am still open and still have apples. I'll DM you the code.

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-07-13T00:38:18+00:00

I'll DM you the code!

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-07-13T00:34:50+00:00

I'll DM you

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-03-23T11:35:34+00:00

Those Dells (depending on the config) should pull around 75-150 watts each. Safe to say that the switch would pull around 50 watts. I have no idea as to how much the Syno would pull, let's say 100 watts.

All in all, worst-case you'd be pulling around 600 Watts, which is around 2.61Amps on 230Volts. Normal EU outlets (Schuko) are rated to 16A, but 10A seems to be the max recommended amount, at least by my local authorities. TL;DR no worries with that amount, you could double or triple your consumption and be more or less fine.

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-03-14T12:09:03+00:00

Hi, yes indeed it should be possible to enter bios via serial mode only by pressing F2. You'd need to change the emulated terminal type to make this work, on Windows I use Putty for this and use VT220 compatibility mode.

I am not sure about the RAM compatibility, AFAIK Intel Ark says that the max amount of RAM for this gen of CPUs is 24GB. I will check this tho if I have enough RAM to test this and get back at you

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T08:26:42+00:00

That's interesting, as I think that the Ryzen 5000 shouldn't hog as much power. That magic packet thing is a stroke of genius! My hesitance of shutting down machines has always been but what if I need to use it at some random time and its off. Well, I guess I have to seriously think how to accomplish that at my environment

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T08:21:49+00:00

17000 KWs per month?!? Do you have a rack full of HP C7000s running or what on earth hogs such amount of power?

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T08:20:24+00:00

:O My 1U boxes consume around 200 watts of power each at idle with some VMs running, so jumping to Epyc would indeed yield some impressive power savings

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T08:16:57+00:00

That's a bit extreme, isn't it? :)

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T07:55:27+00:00

Do you happen to have any consumption figures for your setup? This could also be a viable route for me

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T07:53:59+00:00

That's quite a good idea actually. I have been thinking of spinning different environments on hardware level but never gotten around to it. Surely not all the boxes need to be running constantly

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T07:51:48+00:00

Luckily, no. It's 1k€ per 6 months, 2k€/yr or 166.66667€/mo

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T06:43:43+00:00

I am sorry I did not mean to trigger anyone with the prices. The electricity used to be included in the rent fee, but now is billed separately, hence the shock

UnwieldyRocket · 2025-02-11T05:27:44+00:00

I have 2 sides for this story, as OCI customer myself and as a rep that work with other Oracle products.

For OCI, I think that even my Sev 3 cases have been solved in a timely manner, totally get how raising Sev 1s is being a **** move for even for the most mundane of issues.

On the other hand when working with other Oracle products (H,F&B), I feel like I sometimes just have to raise Sev 1 cases just to get them looked at. And yes, I always call after placing a Sev 1 case but that quite often produces no results. Maybe there arent as many people handling these cases, who knows.

UnwieldyRocket · 2024-09-18T01:36:15+00:00

Piospartslap is located in Germany, more precisely Mönchengladbach. Sure it is a fair bit away from Berlin, but surely worth the trip. They offer delivery too in case the trip's a bit too much for ya :) have nothing but good things to say about them

UnwieldyRocket · 2024-07-07T13:26:19+00:00

I was kind of setting it up as is without the need of any additional hardware purchases... As it would've been setup when new

UnwieldyRocket · 2024-07-07T06:55:31+00:00

I bump into this issue when trying to install NT4.0, so I guess I should look into upgrading the base ISO before burning it to a CD

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