One box is serving several functions including running win 10 pro for htpc function. This is used for 1-3 hours most days and some days unused at all.
Windows 10 (1803) has the most current updates with further updates fully disabled.
At the end of the viewing session (kodi) I can either just turn the tv off, or put windows 10 to sleep. Hibernation is not enabled so no worries of excessive ssd writes.
From a cpu usage perspective, idle appears to be ~1.5-2% (i5 6600k) according to vsphere vm monitor. Power usage wise according to the ups appears the same whether windows is idling or sleeping. The ups report isn't very precise. It reports in terms of %, where each % point is ~8.1watts. Not sure how it's rounding.
So, what do folks think about leaving it just idle or putting it to sleep?
Windows 10 (1803) has the most current updates with further updates fully disabled.
At the end of the viewing session (kodi) I can either just turn the tv off, or put windows 10 to sleep. Hibernation is not enabled so no worries of excessive ssd writes.
From a cpu usage perspective, idle appears to be ~1.5-2% (i5 6600k) according to vsphere vm monitor. Power usage wise according to the ups appears the same whether windows is idling or sleeping. The ups report isn't very precise. It reports in terms of %, where each % point is ~8.1watts. Not sure how it's rounding.
So, what do folks think about leaving it just idle or putting it to sleep?