Not sure if this is the right place to ask the question, but there doesn’t seem to be an “askgeeks” or something.
Make all of them run a bogosort on a list of 10-100 items. Whichever one finishes last gets shot. Repeat until you no longer have idle servers
I too like my
n x n!algorithms 8)
make them enter powersaving states
How do you do that on a VPS?
the hoster will take care usually as low energy costs is a primary goal for them.
It’s minimally specced machine. They should be able to handle it being at 70% CPU and memory most of the time.
do some folding?
Or some BOINCing.
username checks out.
I tried finding instructions for running headless on a server, but everything seems to be for desktop users with a GUI. And the code is proprietary for some reason?
If you rent a VPS that might get you kicked, so check your terms first.
If your electricity costs you nothing
thats in general the culprit with own server.
but in my place electricity itself costs not much, half of the cost is only taxes and other expenses around the energy.
therefore 200 kwh more or less in a year(that would be 25 watts) is not that much.
Germans with 31c/kwh 😿
My electricity currently costs 65p/kWh…
Youch. Are you getting rammed?
Very much so
Turn them off, or repurpose them into Minecraft servers for friends. I’m using more resources running a modded server I don’t play on than I am for actual productive work these days though.
I’m assuming you’re talking about some individual VPC that you’re paying for and not using. If you don’t do anything with it in a week then just shut it down after downloading a disk image.
It’s a sporadically active server for friends and family. They access it maybe a few times a day and it’s the cheapest VPS I could find. So shutting down is not an option atm.
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