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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If I remember correctly, every watt is around $1 a year. So a 100 watt server costs $100 a year every year to run. 12 SAS drives and the server is going to be expensive to keep running.

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

1W would be 8.769kWh per year. Pricing is regional.

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 1 points 9 months ago

It can also vary by time and day. I got that setup since I use more at night, but in general power companies average that throughout the day.