Since rpis have been almost impossible to find, I’ve been looking around for alternatives for some local self hosted services like home assistant. A lot of boards seem to talk about GPU, GPIO pins, etc. But I really just want a single board, fanless (low power), decent CPU and RAM, ethernet.

Any recommendations?

  • orangeboats@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    I use a pi for servers because of the assumption that it uses very little power to run (compared to say, an old unused laptop), is that not the case?

    • PopYaCork@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 years ago

      Sure, but I just told you I’m running over 20 servers. Try running 20 raspberry pi’s 😀

      My resources are being shared for around 20W of power.

    • banana1
      2·
      2 years ago

      Pis consume lower power, but are less powerful also. I think thr Power Consumption VS Performance is way better on Tiny/Mini/Micros. The Pi4 may idle at 3-4W where a 8th gen USSF will idle at 6-8W, but will provide more than 2x the performance IMO.

      I prefer paying almost the same price for a USSF with an i5-8500T than a Pi, even if it consume more, idle under 10W is great, and they let you go up to 65W if needed!