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Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)

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294 points AgaoAnar | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 19:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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drnick1 ◴[02 Sep 25 21:33 UTC] No.45109352[source]▶
All this complexity to save a few bucks per year on your electricity bill? This is ridiculous, the Pi costs far more than what you can be expected to save.
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1. adrian_b ◴[03 Sep 25 06:41 UTC] No.45112885[source]▶
The complexity in TFA is due only to author's desire to not use magic packets for waking the server, making thus the state of the server transparent for users.

If you are willing to send magic packets to wake up the server, before using it, you can save money from the electricity bill with negligible complexity.