Disable Power Saving Settings on Server

• turn OFF all energy saving options such as Prevent hard disk sleep, appnap, Do not allow the CPU to go into low processor mode, etc.
• turn ON features like restart the Mac after a power failure'. We also suggest altering the feature to auto-start the Mac at a time like '6:00am' should it just happen to be powered off. This way, your servers should always be on.
• enable auto-login on machines with TM Server if it will have classic listeners, and set the machine so that you can lock the screen after inactivity. The classic listeners will halt if not running under a user.

  If you cannot set a mac to auto-login, it may be that file vault and/or cloud password needs disabled.

This is done by opening the control panel, clicking on the Airport interface, and then clicking on the 'gear' at the bottom to select the option 'make service inactive'. Doing this will change the status from 'off' to 'inactive'

1. physically plug in a monitor to the Mac-or-
2. connect a KVM switch into it that is powered up. -or
3. use an attachment like a Headless Video Adapter

Disconnecting a monitor from the Mac will cause the the computer to unnecessarily waste CPU cycles on display - when it should use the GPU.

sudo mdutil -a -i off

On Lion and later, also use the following command

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

This will prevent the operating system from doing unneccessary work while serving web pages. To recognize if Spotlight is running on a server, look for an 'mds' application running. It can use a lot of CPU resources. If you receive Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged while doing this, you may wish to disable System Integrity Protection

note: If any mdworker messages are in the console logs (or if mdworker pops up in activity logs), then Spotlight is not turned off.

sudo spctl --master-disable

You may have to close System Preferences and open it again in order to see the change. If Anywhere is not selected, please select it - as it should allow TM to run when the user is not an administrator. Installers from TM should make this option visible.

sudo tmutil addexclusion /Library/PostgreSQL
sudo tmutil disable
sudo tmutil disablelocal (only for sierra and earlier)
sudo tmutil thinLocalSnapshots / 10000000000 4 (for sierra and later to thin local backups if time machine enabled and you need space)
Alternatively, you can disable Time Machine through System Preferences.

If you must use time machine on the database server, see the next step for options

• make /Library/Postgresql one of the folders that is ignored by Time Machine.
• change the backup interval so it is less frequent. 3600 is 1 hour (the default), 43200 is 12 hours. Use terminal and enter the following command.>/li>

sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 43200

It may be either under 'Software Update' or 'App Store', depending on the version of OS X you have.

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YES