Does anybody know what the power consumption of a Dell server is when the server is off but with IDRAC running?
In particular I am interested in 12 and 13 gen systems such as R720/R630/R730 if it matters.
The reason for asking is that I am thinking about getting a server to put at my parents' place as an offsite backup and potentially lab server for running a few VMs. But since I would not use it every day I would prefer to have it powered off most of the time, and then I just log in to IDRAC to boot the server remotely. If I have misunderstood and this is not possible please let me know.
In particular I am interested in 12 and 13 gen systems such as R720/R630/R730 if it matters.
The reason for asking is that I am thinking about getting a server to put at my parents' place as an offsite backup and potentially lab server for running a few VMs. But since I would not use it every day I would prefer to have it powered off most of the time, and then I just log in to IDRAC to boot the server remotely. If I have misunderstood and this is not possible please let me know.