Kuinox

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[–] Kuinox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You can calculate it !
Take your power usage and compute the cost over a year.
I will soon add a SSD because i finally moved from a RAID 1 to RAID 5 (so more HDDs), it consume more electricity.
I can measure how much power it draw because the server is on a smart plug. I calculated an additional 20-30€ a year of electricity, adding a SSD for read/write cache would allow the HDDs to stop spinning, make things faster and will be cost effective over a few years.

[–] Kuinox@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Consider that a new power efficient CPU may be cheaper by consuming less electricity over a few years!