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I've had encrypted USB storage on a Pi 2, as a Git server for over 5 years, used by several users for large projects, when the commit size was large there were

I've had encrypted USB storage on a Pi 2, as a Git server for over 5 years, used by several users for large projects, when the commit size was large there were some CPU bottleneck(it's Pi2 after all), but never had any reliability issues although I had daily backup to another USB storage on the same device and a remote-backup pushed from the device. I might have rebooted it 3-4 times over past 5 years just for cleaning. As long as there is proper storage (Reliable SD card for boot/root [I prefer Toshiba], USB storage for other files) and Power supply (Official RPi power supply) Raspberry Pi's have been the most reliable computing platform to me. With current generation Pi's, it's much more easier to even boot from SSD, have better filesystem like btrfs, zswap, ArchLinux ARM etc.[1]. [1]https://abishekmuthian.com/getting-smoother-desktop-experience-on-raspberry-pi/ https://abishekmuthian.com/getting-smoother-desktop-experien...

bullen 6y ago
What Toshiba SD cards do you use? I bought 256GB ones and they all had too much latency to be usable.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
  I've bought Toshiba cards from 16GB to 128GB over past several years and I agree that their latency is low when compared to Samsung or other brands; But Toshiba cards has never failed but every other brand has(corrupted/becoming write protected etc.) especially on RPi. But since almost every SBC support booting from SSD (Even if they don't, we can have /boot on SD and /root on SSD), so low SD card latency is not an issue to me. In fact I'm digging up old 4GB cards for /boot to repurpose larger capacity SD cards from SBCs for other purposes(Chromebook, Camera etc.). As for specific model, there were many different model names, I usually choose the middle tier for performance:price.
m-p-3 6y ago
I believe you can boot from USB now, even on the Pi 4. No way I'd rely on an SD card for the OS if this was to be used over a long period. I saw too many of those fail or become corrupted over time, even when minimizing writes.
- csdreamer7 6y ago
  I saw a Youtube video on bios beta that allowed booting from a usb drive or a usb connected hard drive. Is that bios out of beta now?

bullen 6y ago

What Toshiba SD cards do you use? I bought 256GB ones and they all had too much latency to be usable.

Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
I've bought Toshiba cards from 16GB to 128GB over past several years and I agree that their latency is low when compared to Samsung or other brands; But Toshiba cards has never failed but every other brand has(corrupted/becoming write protected etc.) especially on RPi. But since almost every SBC support booting from SSD (Even if they don't, we can have /boot on SD and /root on SSD), so low SD card latency is not an issue to me. In fact I'm digging up old 4GB cards for /boot to repurpose larger capacity SD cards from SBCs for other purposes(Chromebook, Camera etc.). As for specific model, there were many different model names, I usually choose the middle tier for performance:price.

m-p-3 6y ago

I believe you can boot from USB now, even on the Pi 4. No way I'd rely on an SD card for the OS if this was to be used over a long period. I saw too many of those fail or become corrupted over time, even when minimizing writes.

csdreamer7 6y ago
I saw a Youtube video on bios beta that allowed booting from a usb drive or a usb connected hard drive. Is that bios out of beta now?