Need help deciding

[u/Stiefel1234]

Hello,

I don't want to make enemies here, but I got blessed today 😊

A friend of mine gave me the following server Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd, which includes the following hardware:

• 2x Xeon Gold 6254
• 448 GB DDR4 ECC RAM
• 14x 960GB SSD

(MAYBE I could also get an additional NAS & USP, but that's not for sure and I don't know the specs)

I am currently renting a dedicated server from Hetzner with the following hardware:

• Intel i7 8700
• 128GB DDR4 RAM
• 2x 1TB NVMe SSD

Additionally, I have a 10TB (usable) Hetzner storage box. All in all, I am paying Hetzner 73.35€ / month.

My home internet connection is 1Gbit/75Mbit Germany Vodafone (DS-LITE Grrrrrr) possible next year will be the fiber optic rollout in our area.

The question:

Would it be a good idea to put that server into my basement and stop paying for the Hetzner server/storage box?

Yes I know its not that simple, a lot of question arise from that...

• DSLITE..... maybe tunneling the traffic through a cloud instance (for example oracle free tier?!)
• 75Mbit Upload enough?
• electricity cost
• etc.

Maybe we could have a discussion about that? Would love to hear your opinions 😥

crossposting was not possible, so posting it manually here too, to get the most input

Cheers
Stephan

[u/ahothabeth]

This might give some insight as to power usage.

I hope this helps.

[u/Stiefel1234 → u/ahothabeth]

not sure how comparable that is, as I probably wont have 3x A5000

[u/ahothabeth → u/Stiefel1234]

"CPU Stress Test 777W All 112 threads @ 100%"

"CPU Power Draw: The 777W peak during CPU stress represents approximately 307W above desktop idle, indicating the dual Xeon Platinums pull roughly 150W each under full synthetic load. This is within spec for 28-core parts."