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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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday December 19 2020, @05:16PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday December 19 2020, @05:16PM (#1089303) Homepage Journal

    Yours managing to not eat itself for that long does not mean it's a reliable product, just that yours has managed not to eat itself for that long. Last I looked, the components on a RPi were Mickey Mouse garbage, especially on the power stability side of things but also on the don't blow the fuck up because an input line got a voltage spike side of things.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday December 20 2020, @12:10PM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Sunday December 20 2020, @12:10PM (#1089562) Homepage
    I specifically got a high quality power supply so that even if my mains is brown, my DC's pure. The plan was always that they would be servers for low-bandwidth applications, I had plenty of riends and colleagues who have done the same before me with equal success, the risk levels were considered negligible.
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