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Finally got a 24/7 server up (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Landless2029@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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So I've been playing Icarus with the wife and the optimization is hot garbage. Wife is hosting and pulling 10 fps with a Nvidia 3070TI

We enjoy the game so I start doing research. Turns out once you've played enough the database on the host just gets too big and chokes out the CPU threads since it can't use more than 2 cores.

Answer is to migrate your world to a sepf hosted dedicated server. Say no more.

So now I got an excuse (wife approved) to setup a computer as a server and keep it running. I have an old HP SFF i5 16GB RAM with an SSD I've reimagined a few times for a home server.

Flashed it with Debian and setup the Icarus server in docker. Runs like a champ.

~~Bonus points. I hooked up a wattage meter and it idles at 1~2 watts!
I used to run an old gaming computer as a home server and it felt like $30 a month in electricity.~~

Edit: System idles at 19 watts. I had the meter plugged into the wrong device...

Now I can start throwing more stuff on there once I figure out backup for the game world incase I bork it.

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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would make it way too high at anywhere from 100W to 400W depending on where in the world they are.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Still more plausible than 1W

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not really, most SFF PCs top out below 70W at absolute maximum, 100W-400W at idle is improbable.

For reference, mine uses 7W on average running my home automation and some other things, when it's actually idling it's well below that.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OP says 12W, has it been edited?

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It said 1~2 originally

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 points 2 months ago

Then I don't see the problem. 12 is normal with additional SSD and a bit load