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I do the same thing with the client pcs - we use the Gyration RF remotes and they work great at waking the computers when we want to watch TV. The main area I'm looking at optimizing are the servers.

I think I've seen posts about setting up TV-Server to hibernate when not being used and when there are no scheduled recordings. I guess I could look into that. The other server is more problematic, because Unraid doesn't support any sort of hibernation or WOL. It does spin down idle harddrives, so with everything at idle it doesn't draw very much. I might have to replace that old Celeron with one of the newer Celeron's that is more efficient. We are using Celeron 430's in a couple of our client pcs, and those are amazing little chips and very efficient.

I think I need to pick up a kill-a-watt meter to measure exactly what's going on, and see if the savings are worth it. If it costs $200 in new hardware to save $5/month, then it wouldn't really be worth it.

<blockquote data-quote="mikester" data-source="post: 283273" data-attributes="member: 19826">I do the same thing with the client pcs - we use the Gyration RF remotes and they work great at waking the computers when we want to watch TV.&nbsp; The main area I'm looking at optimizing are the servers.I think I've seen posts about setting up TV-Server to hibernate when not being used and when there are no scheduled recordings.&nbsp; I guess I could look into that.&nbsp; The other server is more problematic, because Unraid doesn't support any sort of hibernation or WOL.&nbsp; It does spin down idle harddrives, so with everything at idle it doesn't draw very much.&nbsp; I might have to replace that old Celeron with one of the newer Celeron's that is more efficient.&nbsp; We are using Celeron 430's in a couple of our client pcs, and those are amazing little chips and very efficient.I think I need to pick up a kill-a-watt meter to measure exactly what's going on, and see if the savings are worth it.&nbsp; If it costs $200 in new hardware to save $5/month, then it wouldn't really be worth it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mikester, post: 283273, member: 19826"] I do the same thing with the client pcs - we use the Gyration RF remotes and they work great at waking the computers when we want to watch TV. The main area I'm looking at optimizing are the servers. I think I've seen posts about setting up TV-Server to hibernate when not being used and when there are no scheduled recordings. I guess I could look into that. The other server is more problematic, because Unraid doesn't support any sort of hibernation or WOL. It does spin down idle harddrives, so with everything at idle it doesn't draw very much. I might have to replace that old Celeron with one of the newer Celeron's that is more efficient. We are using Celeron 430's in a couple of our client pcs, and those are amazing little chips and very efficient. I think I need to pick up a kill-a-watt meter to measure exactly what's going on, and see if the savings are worth it. If it costs $200 in new hardware to save $5/month, then it wouldn't really be worth it. [/QUOTE]