Comment on Syncthing Backup w Raspberry Pi

• BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨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

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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    • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨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.

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      • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Again…I think you’re just missing the point here and trying to justify a worse solution without cause. A cheaper, more functional solution exists already. Trying to assert “you don’t need this or that” is not useful.

        If I went to a car dealership and they told me a newer model of a car I wanted was in stock for $X, I’m not going to say “Okay,bsure, but I want the shitter version, and I’ll pay more for it.”

        Makes zero sense.

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