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Paul Richardspauldoo@mastodon.scot
Nov 14, 2026, 10:00 PM
@lproven do actual HP MicroServers not count? My “Gen 10 plus” is ticking along nicely. Some old “low power” quad core CPU, 4 sata bays, nvme via a PCIe adapter.
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Liam Provenlproven@vivaldi.net
Nov 14, 2026, 10:08 PM
@pauldoo @darkling
They definitely do and unlike those rather expensive Ugreen DXP boxes @hzulla just mentioned, they're common second hand.
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Hanno Zullahzulla@infosec.exchange
Nov 14, 2026, 10:11 PM
@lproven @pauldoo @darkling I'm fairly sure that idle consumption of the older HP Proliant Microserver boxes was way more than the newer devices like the current generation UGreen DXP.
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Paul Richardspauldoo@mastodon.scot
Nov 14, 2026, 10:29 PM
@hzulla @lproven @darkling The 4 x 3.5” SATA HDDs might dominate here I think. At 4 to 6W each at idle, that adds up to 20W. More when they are active. I believe the old Xeon in my microserver idles at 3-5W, which is a lot compared to N100, but that extra few W doesn’t matter that much given the disks.
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