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Would you use a single-board computer (like the Raspberry Pi or ROCKPro64) in your house for a critical service (e.g. primary NA | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 73 comments | Search Discussion
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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by shrewdsheep on Monday December 14 2020, @03:34PM (4 children)

    by shrewdsheep (5215) on Monday December 14 2020, @03:34PM (#1087182)

    So that would be x86+SBC (learned about it here on SN). 2x SATA, 4x USB so it can serve ~ 60Tb (running at 13Tb, rsync-RAID). I will soon put it under full load in a fan-less configuration so it will be thermally throttled. I am wondering about experiences as to whether this will shorted its MTBF.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Monday December 14 2020, @04:52PM

    by Freeman (732) on Monday December 14 2020, @04:52PM (#1087209) Journal

    More Heat == More likely to die, to a certain point.

    --
    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by slinches on Monday December 14 2020, @06:24PM

    by slinches (5049) on Monday December 14 2020, @06:24PM (#1087244)

    I'm assuming with those disk sizes you're using traditional hard disk drives rather than solid state. So you can't really have a totally silent system. Why not use an oversized cooler with a low rpm fan? That sort of setup is still pretty darn quiet and will keep the temps down for longer life and have better performance since it will avoid throttling.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by driverless on Saturday December 19 2020, @06:38AM

    by driverless (4770) on Saturday December 19 2020, @06:38AM (#1089182)

    ODroid here as well. I'd never use a toy (literally, it was created as an educational toy) like a Pi for anything critical, but I've got a bunch of stuff running on ODroids that never miss a beat. Also some slightly more obscure embedded platforms that are essentially unstoppable, some have been running for close to ten years without ever being touched.

  • (Score: 2) by richtopia on Monday December 28 2020, @04:36PM

    by richtopia (3160) on Monday December 28 2020, @04:36PM (#1092068) Homepage Journal

    I have an Intel NUC with a very similar CPU (Celeron J3455) to run my home web server and act as a media center computer. The only issue I hit was when I also wanted to record my security cameras too: I saturated the Intel QSV capacity.

    On the original thread's question: I've run my home server on ARM (Odroid C2) but decided to move back to x86. The Intel low power CPUs burn very little power; now that ARM is catching up in clockspeed the power savings isn't huge and these servers are plugged in, so the power savings is only for heat and electricity cost. The biggest issue is up-front cost; the ARM SBCs are typically sub 100USD with memory installed, but a comparable Intel setup will be 2-3x once memory is included. However, x86 still is the best for compatibility. Stuff like video drivers is no hassle, and I can always get x86 binaries for software. Similarly, almost all docker images support x86 but if you want ARM you may need to do some legwork yourself.