Warren Togami -- 857d Pi's themselves are random in quality. Some are very reliable. Others less so. That's what you get when you buy toy quality hardware. We recommend used ThinkPads because they were originally $1,500 enterprise quality machines but they sell for less than $200 when entire fleets are sold off lease. I particularly recommend the 2019 E series because it has upgradable RAM to 32GB and two internal SSDs. You can't get that level of reliability and performance with Pi. replyPi's themselves are random in quality. Some are very reliable. Others less so. That's what you get when you buy toy quality hardware. We recommend used ThinkPads because they were originally $1,500 enterprise quality machines but they sell for less than $200 when entire fleets are sold off lease. I particularly recommend the 2019 E series because it has upgradable RAM to 32GB and two internal SSDs. You can't get that level of reliability and performance with Pi.
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Why all the hate on the Pi? Fulcrum was rubbish on a Pi but it turns out Electrs works just fine and dandy andI've learned heaps in the process which is ultimately what this was about. Use what you have and stack sats,rather that dis the Raspberry Pi, no?
Raspis just aren't long-term reliable. My Raspi4 node died twice and completely corrupted its ssd each time.They would almost certainly do better with a UPS, but at that point the arguments in favor of repurposing an oldlaptop get stronger (laptop's battery is effectively a UPS).And sure, "use what you have" but you said above that you ordered a new Pi 5.Just trying to make the point that there's better bang for the buck (esp if it's free if you have an old laptoplying around!) and better reliability and performance out there.Like I said above, the pleb culture has ingrained "node" = "Raspi". Trying to encourage people to seek outbetter (and often cheaper) options.Help me out here nostr:npub1pfezegswrn8lpt0aerp2hvyhj4lsuzln9kcccs5p7qch2m2sawxsxcelvf!
Yeah but no. No better bang for the buck than repurposing what you have. A Pi with an external powered USB hubis stable AF. Never had an issue with reliability.
Pi's themselves are random in quality. Some are very reliable. Others less so. That's what you get when you buytoy quality hardware.We recommend used ThinkPads because they were originally $1,500 enterprise quality machines but they sell forless than $200 when entire fleets are sold off lease. I particularly recommend the 2019 E series because it hasupgradable RAM to 32GB and two internal SSDs. You can't get that level of reliability and performance with Pi.
Raspis just aren't long-term reliable. My Raspi4 node died twice and completely corrupted its ssd each time. They would almost certainly do better with a UPS, but at that point the arguments in favor of repurposing an old laptop get stronger (laptop's battery is effectively a UPS).
And sure, "use what you have" but you said above that you ordered a new Pi 5.
Just trying to make the point that there's better bang for the buck (esp if it's free if you have an old laptop lying around!) and better reliability and performance out there.
Like I said above, the pleb culture has ingrained "node" = "Raspi". Trying to encourage people to seek out better (and often cheaper) options.
Help me out here nostr:npub1pfezegswrn8lpt0aerp2hvyhj4lsuzln9kcccs5p7qch2m2sawxsxcelvf!
82f2cccd278f -- 862d [parent] | reply [1 reply]Yeah but no. No better bang for the buck than repurposing what you have. A Pi with an external powered USB hub is stable AF. Never had an issue with reliability.