I’ve done it a ton in the past, I’ll do it again in the future, but having a essentially plug and play tiny little box that sips juice and still does what I need while being silent… is rather nice
I do this. Random ebay junk is both better and cheaper than a raspberry pi. When I first started doing home server stuff, I had the option between an Athlon XP and a raspberry pi and the Athlon XP delivered better performance (I tried both).
I bought a couple Raspis before they even came out, and they’re handy for certain applications, but just can’t really stand up to the task for whole home server needs.
Does nobody else cobble together home servers with spare parts any more?
Spare parts don’t run on 5-10 watts.
Spare parts can also do a heck of a lot more.
Everything is a trade-off ;-)
I’ve done it a ton in the past, I’ll do it again in the future, but having a essentially plug and play tiny little box that sips juice and still does what I need while being silent… is rather nice
I also want something with a multi-TB hi-speed drive that can handle a dozen different services.
There are external drives the pi can access via USB, 480mbps. Should be fast enough for most LAN uses.
I do this. Random ebay junk is both better and cheaper than a raspberry pi. When I first started doing home server stuff, I had the option between an Athlon XP and a raspberry pi and the Athlon XP delivered better performance (I tried both).
A PC drawing 150 watts will burn through $225+ in electricity a year. The raspberry pi maxes out at like 6 watts.
RPi is the best performance to operating cost you are going to find if you don’t need more juice for high intensity stuff (transcoding, etc)
Just me lol
Well yeah. I do, out of necessity. I can’t justify buying a pi yet. Someday I hope to.
I bought a couple Raspis before they even came out, and they’re handy for certain applications, but just can’t really stand up to the task for whole home server needs.
If you don’t need the electronic side of the RPi, you might be happier with some old thinclient PC that offices sometimes get rid of for cheap.
I cobbled my home server together with twine, a 14u server rack and some used poweredge servers.