SimpleDino Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) The UNRAID OS and community is amazing, anything is possible and it's really easy "sometimes" to figure some stuff out but not this time. I have a Nvidia Quadro P2000 GPU and it has a max TDP of 70W and in UNRAID OS it idles at 20W (load = 1 - 2%) with Power State P0 all the time. So in conclusion with Spaceinvader One's video on improving power usage the only solutions for low power usage at idle are: GUI Mode with no VM's activated, only use for transcoding. Headless Mode when being passed through to a VM that is idle. I read somewhere that could force the power state from P0 to P8 for idle to lower the usage but how will that react when for example Plex Transcoding is activated? Will the Power state change so that the GPU actually transcodes? Or will it remain in P8 state because it has been forced and no transcodes? The reason for this post is obvious, I want to lower the idle power usage from 20W to 6-10W Best regards, Edited June 4, 2021 by SimpleDino Quote Link to comment
SimpleDino Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 The power state has is solved. I applied this solution with some help from the Unraid Reddit forum: This solution changes the power state from P0 to P8 and 20W --> 8W. The P-state will change if the GPU is being passed through for transcoding or VMs. But the solution is temporary, it will reset and not persist after a reboot. Type in console/Terminal: This solution changes the power state from P0 to P8 and 20W --> 8W. The P-state will change if the GPU is being passed through for transcoding or VMs. But the solution is temporary, it will reset and not persist after a reboot. Type in console/Terminal: nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1 Solution #2. To make it permanent. Download the "User Scripts" plugin. make a new script to run at: "First Array Start Only" and put this into it: #!/bin/bash #nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1 nvidia-persistenced fuser -v /dev/nvidia* 1 Quote Link to comment
AnnabellaRenee87 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 For anyone looking for this in the future, I had to modify the formatting of the script to be the following. #!/bin/bash nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1 nvidia-persistenced fuser -v /dev/nvidia* @SimpleDino and @SpaceInvaderOne Can you all confirm on a system on 6.10.0 RC4? 1 2 Quote Link to comment
SimpleDino Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 3/30/2022 at 12:00 AM, AnnabellaRenee87 said: For anyone looking for this in the future, I had to modify the formatting of the script to be the following. #!/bin/bash nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1 nvidia-persistenced fuser -v /dev/nvidia* @SimpleDino and @SpaceInvaderOne Can you all confirm on a system on 6.10.0 RC4? I have not upgraded yet to RC4, still on RC2 Maybe @SpaceInvaderOne can confirm? Br, Quote Link to comment
Decto Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 18 months from the OP, this thread just fixed my high idle power for a P2000 in Version: 6.11.5 ~20W P0 to 7W P8 Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Qwenton Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 3/29/2022 at 5:00 PM, AnnabellaRenee87 said: For anyone looking for this in the future, I had to modify the formatting of the script to be the following. #!/bin/bash nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1 nvidia-persistenced fuser -v /dev/nvidia* @SimpleDino and @SpaceInvaderOne Can you all confirm on a system on 6.10.0 RC4? Confirmed working on Unraid 6.11.5, got my Quadro t1000 down from max clock speed to 300 on core and memory! Temps are down as well from 42 to 35 degree. Quote Link to comment
ich777 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, Qwenton said: Confirmed working on Unraid 6.11.5, got my Quadro t1000 down from max clock speed to 300 on core and memory! Temps are down as well from 42 to 35 degree. Please don't use "nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1" anymore, only use "nvidia-persistenced"! 1 Quote Link to comment
Qwenton Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 12 hours ago, ich777 said: Please don't use "nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1" anymore, only use "nvidia-persistenced"! I will get this changed, thank you Quote Link to comment
Qwenton Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 12 hours ago, ich777 said: Please don't use "nvidia-smi --persistence-mode=1" anymore, only use "nvidia-persistenced"! New script looking like this then? #!/bin/bash nvidia-smi nvidia-persistenced fuser -v /dev/nvidia Quote Link to comment
ich777 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Qwenton said: New script looking like this then? You don‘t need nvidia-smi at all. 2 Quote Link to comment
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