#asknostr
Anyone planning to run, or already running, a home server with bitcoin node and related tools on a Raspberry Pi 5? The 8GB version should be widely available next month for $80 USD.😳
I'm looking for any and all thoughts on HW configuration (esp. SSD speed), cooling, best OS for uptime and ease of SW installation/upgrades/maintenance, and low power consumption for 24/7 operation.🙏🏻😃💜😆
I recommend against it, although it is a serious step up from the 4. Easier to use an old desktop/laptop, a pi just doesn’t have the same kind of reliability and resistance to things like boot corruption or power issues.
I’m biased though:
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A raspi is really not the best for a home server. An old laptop or desktop would give you much better performance than a Raspberry Pi would.
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If you still want to spend money on separate hardware, I'm a big fan of old Dell OptiPlex Towers. You can find them pretty cheap on eBay. ~85$ gets you 8 to 16 gigs of ram and an i5 or i7 processor. For that price you'll probably have to provide your own hard drive but shop Around and you would be surprised what you can find.
My desktops cost ~$150 in eBay parts. Good advice here
Now that the 5 has support for PCIe they have these NVMe hats which should make running a node a lot more reliable https://pineberrypi.com/products/hat-top-2230-2240-for-rpi5
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