What does a few rpis cost on a monthly basis?

Depends. At full load? At Irish power prices? Just the Pi, no peripherals, no NVMe? 5 units? €13/mo.

My Pi CM4 NAS with a PCIe switch, SATA and USB3 controllers, 6 SATA SSDs, 2 VMs, 2 LXC containers, and a Nextcloud snap pretty much sits at 17 watts most of the time, hitting 20 when a lot is being asked of it, and 26-27W at absolute max with all I/O and CPU cores pegged. €3.85/mo if I pay ESB, but I like to think that it runs fully off the solar and batteries :)

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throwaway894345 3 days ago | parent [-]

> Depends. At full load? At Irish power prices? Just the Pi, no peripherals, no NVMe? 5 units? €13/mo.

Pretty sure most of us aren't running anywhere close to full load 24/7, but whoa, Irish power is expensive. In the central US I pay $0.14/KWh.

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theodric 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, it's brutal. Was €0.39 right after Mad Vlad kicked off his vanity conflict.

	▲	throwaway894345 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That’s rough. What’s your progress on renewables? Wind has made electricity really cheap in my state and I would think Ireland would be pretty windy (esp offshore)?

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fragmede 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

cries in west coast peak $0.71/KWh rate