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At the risk of yucking others' yum; I wish there was more of an effort to get people to do this sort of thing without buying new equipment (including perhaps th
by jrm4 3y ago
At the risk of yucking others' yum; I wish there was more of an effort to get people to do this sort of thing without buying new equipment (including perhaps the reduction of of the idea that you need/want a "rack")
There are just SO MANY perfectly good computers that are bound to be e-waste that would be good for this.
- ashtonian5 3y agoMost people don't buy "new" hardware. Power efficiency has changed drastically to a point anything before ~2016 is not worth plugging into the wall, and sata to NVME drastically improve responsiveness which didn't become the base standard until 2018ish. Most people use an old desktop or buy old server equipment on ebay.
- mech422 3y agoYeah - Old EBay server equipment can be had for like $200/node and will burn at least that much in electricity every year :-/ Also, the noise is hellacious! Old laptops / desktops can be better - especially since you can get newer/more power efficient units without all the noise. But I started moving to even smaller SBC based stuff (0) 0: https://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-h3 https://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-h3