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With 16gb you can run virtuals to segment CPU time with memory commits. With 16gb you can have a massive file buffer cache and avoid disk io delay.
by ggm 2y ago
With 16gb you can run virtuals to segment CPU time with memory commits.
With 16gb you can have a massive file buffer cache and avoid disk io delay.
- WithinReason 2y agoBut why use a rpi 5 at that cost? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40209801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40209801
- geerlingguy 2y agoIt's a niche use case, and other Arm SBCs do better, but Pi 5 still holds an edge for efficiency, if you're power-constrained.
- mindcrime 2y agoOne reason: your project is already designed around the RPi form factor, and/or you already take advantage of things like GPIO that are more specific to a Pi than a "mini PC" or whatever. And it would cost enough (in actual dollars, or just in time/energy/attention/etc) to redesign the project to where it makes more sense to just upgrade to the slightly more expensive Pi.
- ksaj 2y agoAlso tabbed web browsing. I tend to line up the YouTube vids I want to watch while coffee brews, then watch with coffee in hand. Sometimes they get left there for the entire day, minimized while I do something more productive. At least with chromium, that takes a lot of memory (even though it does a few things to conserve). I also have a few other applications running all the time. It gets pretty close sometimes. Anyway, now that they're available, I'm getting one. I sure have a lot of Pis nowadays.