From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 6217 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2021 17:46:01 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Jul 2021 17:46:01 -0000 Received: from duke.felloff.net ([216.126.196.34]) by 1ess; Thu Jul 1 12:19:31 -0400 2021 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2021 18:19:21 +0200 From: cinap_lenrek@felloff.net To: 9front@9front.org In-Reply-To: <87zgv6cp3b.fsf@boriani.cloud> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: extensible enhancement element metadata blockchain Subject: Re: [9front] suggestion for a domestic 9front fs Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk > A domestic 9front fileserver can be anything from a RPI, to a racked > server, including a laptop in a closet, or a virtual machine. i'd like to challenge that. raspberry pi's are anything BUT a good fileservers. for one, it has no sata nor pcie slot for nvme. so you'r limited to usb. the only raspberry pi with a not completely useless usb implementation is the pi4 (also the only model that has a built in ethernet mac instead of some horrible usb contraption). the raspberry pi is a machine with lots of compromises. really, it is a graphics card with a arm processor on the side. and imho it is not really worth it spending alot of money working around its limitations with adding expensive external gadgets that will add up to more than the machine itself. especially usb disk adapters can cause you problems... the pi4 can be a good *diskless* terminal (if you do not need audio) ... or a diskless cpu server to run some light server tasks and you want to save some power compared to a full pc. -- cinap