Reduce energy consumption of Proxmox⚑
Powertop⚑
Powertop is a tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management.
It can also be used to tune power management settings.
Install powertop⚑
apt install powertop
Run powertop calibration⚑
Calibration will toggle various functions on and off to determine the best settings for your system. So it is best to run this when the system is idle.
powertop --calibrate
Run powertop to see recommendations⚑
With
powertop
Auto tune power management settings (not reboot persistent)⚑
powertop --auto-tune
Systemd service to auto tune power management settings (reboot persistent)⚑
cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/powertop.service
[Unit]
Description=Powertop tunings
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
systemctl enable --now powertop.service