I have an old ThinkPad 11e running Debian that I have repurposed into a home server. It’s only supposed to run TVheadend. I don’t need any other services for now, but later on i might add a few uding docker.

Is it enough to set multiuser.target as default to disable gui and keep the system always on?

How can I disable all unnecessary services and minimize power usage?

  • leisesprecher@feddit.orgEnglish
    27·
    14 hours ago

    But not for us.

    That’s what I meant by larping. The vast vast majority of us here would probably not even notice if their systems went down for an hour. Yes, battery backup has its purpose. In a datacenter.

    I mean, what’s on the line here in the worst case? 15min without jellyfin and home assistant? Does that warrant taking risks with old batteries or investing in new ones?

    That equation might change if you’re in a place with truly unreliable electricity, but I guess those places have solutions in place already.

    • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      We have blippy power in the windy season, a 1 second outage was enough to trash hardware, not to mention dirty power you may not visibly notice. My UPS kicks in every few weeks for a few seconds to provide clean power when the utility is falling short or over volting. Having a battery take over is super helpful

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      71·
      12 hours ago

      No, hard disagree.

      I have many thousands of dollars worth of hardware. I have seen the results of a surge. I have seen a NAS reduced to a paper weight. You’re making incredibly silly assumptions here - this has nothing to do with uptime, and everything to do with protecting your equipment.

      You will not ever convince me otherwise, because I’m not willing to dump thousands of dollars on replacements because someone on the internet thinks it has anything to do with uptime.

      You are wrong.

      Edit: anywhere that weather exists is an area with “unreliable electricity”. Full stop.

      • leisesprecher@feddit.orgEnglish
        12·
        3 hours ago

        Oh come on, are you really that boneheaded not to understand that you’re not the norm?

        I literally had not a single power surge in my entire life. The only power outages I had were for a few minutes maybe three times in the last 15 years.

        The larping refers to you. Either you are truly an outlier who actually runs a small DC, or you just like the feeling you can get pretending to do so.

        Your attitude is roughly the “only gold plated cables made from solid silver” equivalent in audiophiles. Technically maybe correct, practically a self-important waste of money.