Comment on Syncthing Backup w Raspberry Pi

• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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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  • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think you missed the part about me saying older Pi, being cheap. Like you can pickup a pi3b for $35 where as I’d have to pay $150-180 for a pi5. People get focused on hardware that is overkill for their needs (especially if you track access and system load). You can probably get a deal on an old thinclient or nuc also. Its good to show people options.

    For example I have a 15 year old arm board with 256mb non expandable RAM. (Dedtined for the garbage dump) with debian It handles music streaming and samba shares perfectly fine with an SSD. And doesn’t even use 50% of the RAM.

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    • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I didn’t miss it, but didn’t loop back. Apologies.

      I disregarded that as a solution in my response to that, because it’s not really a solution to OP’s request. Yes, they are cheaper. No, they are not functional for this need due to lack of PCIe. Running SSDs on these devices is not a feature because of the bus speed and connection limitations.

      Sure it’s possible. No, it’s not functional for the needs requested here, or even a good suggestion. If somebody wanted a RELIABLE backup target using SSDs, this is the last possible scenario I would even suggest, and only if working from a box of scraps.

      I’m not discounting your point that it’s cheaper at all, but it’s like…okay…if someone asked me where to get steak, because they need steak for a recipe they are cooking for dinner, my response shouldn’t be “Well, you could get steak right there, but it costs $X, and you can get Chicken wayyyyyyyy over there. It’s not beef, and it’s not what your recipe calls for, but it’s cheaper and possible to get.”

      You’re asserting a position into justification for an argument that doesn’t exist. OP isn’t asking what they could theoretically run backups to. That could be an esp32 board for even cheaper. It’s also an even worse solution than an RPi. It’s just not what they’re asking for.

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      • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        OPs request was could they do it with pis. Yes you could. HDD is max 120mbs, with SSD over USB interface you get a lot more even thought its not running on the pcie bus. It is totally functional as long as you aren’t streaming 4k to your TV. And it is more than enough for most people. As a reliable backup solution it works, but best if you use a drive enclosure that is powered, rather than relying on the USB power of the drive adapter.

        You seem irrationally irked about a viable suggestion, to OPs orignal question. Sorry if I triggered your inner nerd 😀

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