DennyK

I have several addons running, which do not work under Docker. So Docker is not really an option for me. Furthermore, you can't import the HA backup of the VM under Docker. I've been using HA for quite a while and don't want to reconfigure everything. On the same M720q (i5 8400T, 32GB RAM) with Proxmox, I achieve a power consumption of 8-9W with 1 VM more and otherwise identical, while Unraid requires 12-13W. For a reason I can't explain, Unraid always seems to consume more power than Proxmox in the basic configuration and after optimisation. I actually wanted to switch from my Futro S740 to the Lenovo M720q because I had IO problems with the Futro. After replacing the SATA M2 SSD, the IO problem seems to be solved. As I had never optimised the Futro to save energy, I have now done so. The result is that the Futro S740 with all VMs, LXC (Docker) is now at 5 W by default. I therefore have the M720q available as a test system and will test it again soon with Unraid. In full idle mode under Proxmox (no VM/LXC running), the M720q currently consumes 3.7 W.

Hello, I hope someone here can help me. I bought a used Lenovo Thinkcentre M720q with i5 8400T, which is now running Unraid. I have deactivated the turbo boost and tried to configure the computer to be as energy efficient as possible. With 3 Docker containers, the power consumption at idle was 5-6W, which I am super happy with. Now I wanted to move my Home Assistant VM from my older Proxmox server. Moving the VM itself was super easy. My problem now is that the CPU no longer throttles to the lowest 800 MHz when the VM is running (only 2 cores), but almost always at 1700 MHz. The power consumption with this one additional VM then rises to approx. 12 watts. I had already run Powertop with Auto-tune after setting up Unraid. With the VM, the total CPU utilization is also in the low 1-digit range. Do you have any idea how I can get the computer to slow down again?