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#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.🙏🏻😃💜😆
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Enki 2y ago

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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Duncan Cary Palmer 2y ago

🙏🏻TY.

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Enki 2y ago

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.

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Dimi 2y ago

My desktops cost ~$150 in eBay parts. Good advice here

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nobody 2y ago

💯

Used dell thin clients ftw as well.

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Enki 2y ago

I really got to hand it to Dell in their case design. It's gotten really good in the last few years and it makes swapping parts out stupid simple.