Comment on Syncthing Backup w Raspberry Pi
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 16 hours agoSomeone down-voted but I agree, and this from actual experience doing stuff similar to OP.
Flexibility, compatibility, and power consumption are significant considerations for a self-hoster.
I’ve run ST with Pi, and while Pi is great, it’s non-standard so doesn’t have the benefit (yet) of ubiquity. While it’s low power consumption is fantastic, mini PC’s and even SFF (Small-Form-Factor) desktops are in the same range for similar costs (in the used market) while providing orders of magnitude more performance per watt and much more hardware compatibility.
A Pi 5 today is in the $120 range - for a device that on it’s own will idle at about 4 watts, with peak draw at 15w. This without any storage yet, and no case.
A mini PC will idle about the same - but can house a large, standard drive so be a much better package for OP’s intended use-case, and cost less on the used market.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
The downvoted here are from people who have no idea what in the world actually works best, and just FEEL a certain way about things 🤣
BCsven@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
As a counter point you can grab an old Pi for cheap and install OpenMediaVault OS and have all the NAS tools you need managed from a GUI.
There are Plugins for tons of self hosting options, and GUI docker management for your own add ons. (New versions dumped portainer, in favor of their own GUI tools).
Pi3 is fine Pi4 would be better. Wattage is between 4-7
I used to host this way till I found a fanless heatsink case for a ITX board.
Idle wattage is 15, and 23 for processing heavier tasks
just_another_person@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
You’re going out of your way to prove some unnecessary point with this solution though.
Only the RPi5 has PCIe, first of all, and the older boards would need a slow USB interface for any type of larger storage. Then you have longevity and reliability questions because of the age of the boards…it’s just worth it.
OP wants a simple solution. RPi of any kind just ain’t it when you get down a simple list of Pros v Cons list.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
You don’t have to have pcie for a simple nas, USB with an SSD is fine. I ran my video, audio and samba shares on it that way and its plenty good.