I dunno when it happened but I swear SBCs were the new best thing in the universe for a while and everyone was building cool little servers with their RockPis and OrangePis.

Now it’s all gone x86 and Proxmox with everyone shitting on Arm. What happened? What gives?

Is my small army of xPis pointless? What about my 2 Edge routers?

I’ve got about 6 xPis scattered round my flat - is there anything worth doing with them or should I just bin them?

All thoughts, feelings and information welcome. Thank you.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    9 months ago

    How bad is it?

    My current file server, an old gaming rig, consumes 100w at idle.

    I’m considering a TrueNAS box running either 2.5" ssd’s or NVME sticks (My storage target is under 8TB, and that’s including 3 years projected growth).

    • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Go tweak your power and fan settings. 100w at idle is way too much unless it’s 15 years old.

      Fans, especially small ones are very sneaky energy hogs. Turn them waaay down.