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How many of you are running a rpi node?

I currently have 4 nodes. 1 is a RPI4 4GB, the others are 8GB. The 4GB one is running MyNodeBTC and the others running Raspibolt. Most also running Nodeyez on top. Two of the nodes have UPS as does all the networking gear for stability.

This month I will be building a new node using refurbished Dell Optiplex for stability, performance and expandibility. Will migrate key economic functions to it. Some pi nodes will be converted to pruned nodes so I dont have to upgrade their drives this year or next (they all have 1TB SSD). Others will be decommissioned and probably repurposed into another project.

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Dimi 2y ago

Great point about 1TB’s, it’s simply not enough space! Good for backups & raid arrays tho.

Are you going to install on bare metal? I suggest a hypervisor to sit in between, it helps with flexibility.

Rpi’s are not pleb friendly nor robust enough to be a suitable long term bitcoin node, they’re tinkering tools for DIY enthusiasts. I will die on this hill.

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

I will likely install without hypervisor. Can you elaborate on why you think that adds flexibility

Dimi 2y ago

When you have something like proxmox on metal instead of Ubuntu (even though it does have kvm ootb), you get to create/destroy purpose built isolated environments (vm or container). So say you fucked up your btcpayserver so bad that it is not functional - just delete the instance & start over, no worries about your bitcoind functionality since it’s separate.

Or, say you’re about to fuck around & find out with some complicated maintenance - you can take snapshots & backups that let you rollback quickly to minimize downtime and allow for recovery.

What if you want to drop the specs of your bitcoind instance after IBD to save on cpu/ram resources? No problem!

The optionality is powerful.

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

Theres certainly tradeoffs. I will consider it for isolation