holy shit I haven’t thought about that webside in over a decade. Do you have personal experience purchasing self hosting stuff from there?
You can get a wyse thin client on eBay for $50, and if you’re clustering the pis it’s not $50 anymore, so you can get a real computer on woot in the $150 range.
Either of those options will run circles around a pi/pi cluster.
MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve bought a couple old SFF PCs and tablets from there for low powered workstation stuff.
For self hosting I end up with rack mount dell servers when the prices fall off a cliff; right now it’s the 13th gen stuff that’s super cheap.
bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Please learn to read. Again. I thought I wasn’t on Reddit anymore.
$50 for a pi. Not for clustering. For one. That’s it.
An X86 PC is gonna cost you hundreds. That’s how I can cluster rpi, for the same cost. I hope you now know how to do basic math.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Insulting my reading ability and math skills would work better if you weren’t making a fool of yourself.
I gave you an example of a $50 x86 PC and mentioned the more expensive options because you brought up building a pi cluster in your first response to me, at which point you’re not talking about spending $50 anymore.
The main point is that either the thin client or the slightly more expensive computer will runs circles around your pi(s) for the same price.
bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No you didn’t. You gave an example of a >= 200 x86 PC… So, like… That’s why I even suggested clustering. To match the cost of your claim.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
www.ebay.com/itm/235218301047?mkcid=16&mkevt=…
Maybe you should worry more about your own math skills than mine.
TCB13@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This isn’t even true. A Pi sells for 50$ yes, + USB cable for power + USB power adapter + case + whatever else money grab.
A second hand HP mini with an i5 7th gen CPU that is WAY faster comes with everything including 8 GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD (or better if you get a good deal) for around 80$. Tell me about your math again…
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 year ago
How’s the power consumption compare between two performance equivalent setups? (Genuine question, it’s something I’m trying to determine for my self-host use-cases).
My first RPi is for Joplin to replace OneNote. My current server runs 24/7 and costs about $1/day for power (it provides other services too). I haven’t calculated my Pi power consumption yet, but it’s running on a 2.5 watt power supply, vs my server 700 watt (of course, these are both peak measurements).
Given my self-host stuff will spend 99% of its time at idle, it seems like Pi has a massive advantage. But of course that all depends on how things are used and setup.
bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The raspberry pi, like all RISC chips, uses much less power.
In fact the super computer summit runs on powerpc64 which is a RISC chip, that’s a big reason why its power consumption for a super computer is so low.
bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, a second hand old as shit hp, that’ll die on you so quick. There’s a reason that hp is selling for so cheap. HP is garbage, unless you’re buying their actual servers…
TCB13@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not my experience. At all.
Yes I sure have a proprietary adapter for their PCIe connector lying around. Even with the power adapter, the RPI is picky and will require a decent thing that is usually more than your average smartphone.