What’s new: Proxmox, a popular virtualization platform, is set to the performance CPU governor by default, which can lead to unnecessary power consumption. Users can easily switch to the powersave governor to reduce power usage without significantly impacting performance.
Who’s affected
Users running Proxmox on their home servers or mini PCs who have not adjusted their CPU governor settings may be wasting power. This is particularly relevant for those who do not frequently run demanding tasks on their servers.
What to do
- Run the following command in the Proxmox shell to change the CPU governor to powersave:
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/tools/pve/scaling-governor.sh)" - Consider setting up a cron job to automatically apply this setting at boot.
- Monitor power consumption with a wattage meter to evaluate the effectiveness of the change.
