Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMini pc for home server?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareMini pc for home server?Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
Would you recommend to use a RPi 5 or a second hand Lenovo mini pc (i3 6100t, 8gb ram) or something else?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThe Mini PC would be a lot easier. The RPi needs things to be built for ARM, and not everything is. The RPi is also slower and isn’t repairable. RPis are great for many things, but generic home servers aren’t one of them, unless you really need clustering for some reason (like, a Ceph cluster).
The Mini PC would be a lot easier. The RPi needs things to be built for ARM, and not everything is. The RPi is also slower and isn’t repairable.
RPis are great for many things, but generic home servers aren’t one of them, unless you really need clustering for some reason (like, a Ceph cluster).