Safe to have server running 24/7 (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by emzy_fx@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I recently converted an old dell laptop to a server by installing Ubuntu server and casa os on it as I wanted to have some info of how it works but since then I have grown a liking towards the sheer amount of things I can host on it. I want to host pihole/adguard on it but i don't know if it is safe to keep it running overnight as it's a laptop. Currently I shut it down at night but for adguard I'll need it running all the time. I'm just worried abut the battery or maybe the hardware will malfunction as its a laptop.

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[-] Renkin42@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe go ahead and take out the battery for now. If you want to keep it in as a built in ups(one of the main benefits of using a laptop), one route is to run Home Assistant and put the laptop power cord on a smart plug. Figure out how to get the laptop battery % into Home Assistant and turn the plug on if the laptop goes below about 35% and back off when it goes above 85%. This is the strategy used by many people to prevent spicy pillows in wall mounted tablets, but same idea would apply here.

[-] emzy_fx@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Nice idea might try that, for time being will remove the battery.

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