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Do you poweroff your server during night / unused times? (f)
submitted 3 months ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I believe this is a slightly controversial topic, at least from what I have gathered so far. Some say its best to leave the server on to spare the life time of the spinning rust. Other seem to prefer to save power and boot the server off each night. So wanted to chip in and hear what folks here do and why do what you do.

Bonus question; Do you guys have a UPS? Is it a must have for a homelab, or does it just depend on the usecase?

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[-] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 27 points 3 months ago

My home server does all my network related stuff (including DNS and DHCP) turning it off would be a very bad idea due to this.

I don't have a UPS, but it is relatively high on my list.

[-] PeroBasta@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

It all depends if you actually nerd those services 24/7

I dont need DHCP or DNS from 1am to 6am for example

[-] halm@leminal.space 12 points 3 months ago

"Do I need them? No, but I nerd them, so they stay up!"

A most relevant typo 👍

[-] PeroBasta@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

need them

LOL I do nerd em all as well

[-] computergeek125@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

You may not but your phone will fail over to data if it loses its lease and stuff like background update tasks will cease to function (like Windows Update or dnf cron)

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

I moved my DNS to a pair of raspberry Pi 3's running bind, with a DNS stub zone for my homelab domain that points to my homelab DNS servers.

That way the internet keeps working whether my homelab works or not. Keeps the wife aggro down.

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