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Trading the Pi(geon) for power

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I went the other way; I had a Dell r430 and downsized to two hp elitedesk g4 mini. Together, they use less than half of the power of the 1u server.

But I am never satisfied, I'm sure I'll want to iterate again next year.

[–] CuriousOtter@mander.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Nice write up. I'm in a very similar place at the moment, considering upgrades to my pi4.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 points 4 hours ago

I went: Pi 2 -> Pi 4 -> Odroid H3 -> Intel N100 box (current). All in all from about 4W idle on the pi to about 10W idle on the N100 box. So not a big power jump all in all, but my needs did get bigger since the Pi.