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Originally Posted by bbob
Yes you can setup a small server at home to do the job. But be carefull and check your energy bill. Say your server eats 50 watt per hour = 1.2 kw per day = 438 kw per year. This can cost you 40-60 euro on energy alone. Than writeof of hardware.
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Good point about energy consumption. That's something we never really think about these days!
I recently have also been switching the router off while leaving the house, so there would be the cost of that to take into consideration as well.
Anyhow, I think I have an old laptop that can be used for this.. though they're not really designed for continuous operation. It only draws around 15W, though with the CRT off, it will draw even less. In any case, that should draw less than 100 KWh per year and therefore bring the cost down to less than 10 euros/year!
I think the Americans on this forum will be able to confirm that they pay considerably less per kWh than us Europeans.