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What Are Your Recurring Costs? (lazysoci.al)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
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I know it's a rude question, but it's been on my mind… I'm wondering roughly what I should be expecting to outlay when I finish my set-up? So I'm assuming it includes things like domain names, hosting for backups, email providers, VPN, etc. What's a good budget to set?

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Are all of those drives powered up constantly? What’s your power bill like?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    If I remember correctly ZFS keeps the whole array running whenever one is active (which is basically always). If I remember, I'll check my UPS when I get home to see the actual power draw. The storage itself is probably cheaper to run than the main server in the rack - a gen8 HP 360p, which is a bit on the old side and I'd guess not terribly efficient being a 1U piece with many small high-powered fans running constantly.

    Electricity here isn't too expensive though, being public hydro power.

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