Pis consume lower power, but are less powerful also. I think thr Power Consumption VS Performance is way better on Tiny/Mini/Micros. The Pi4 may idle at 3-4W where a 8th gen USSF will idle at 6-8W, but will provide more than 2x the performance IMO.
I prefer paying almost the same price for a USSF with an i5-8500T than a Pi, even if it consume more, idle under 10W is great, and they let you go up to 65W if needed!
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I decided to go with Tiny/Mini/Micros personally. It consumes more than a Pi but it’s also more powerful. I can find second-hand TMMs locally with 8th gen Intel i5 for almost the same price as a Pi kit (Some Single Board Computers looks affordable, but you often need to add storage, a power brick, an enclosure, which can add up quickly!)
I use TMMs with a mix of 6th-gen and 8th-gen Intel i5. The 6th gen are decent for my needs, but the >7th-gen’s iGPU supports more codecs, which is useful if you want to stream HEVC. i5-8500T also have 2 more cores than i5-6500T!
Edit: those TMMs are used in a lot of businesses and often replaced every 3-4 years. They may be slightly more power hundry than newer hardware, but I like to think I am saving them from being e-waste!
Personally I do:
Maybe it’s overkill, maybe it’s not enough, I’ll know when something fail and I am screwed, ahah
As a note, everybody should test/check their backup frequently. I once had an issue after changing an IP address and figured out half my backups where not working 6 month later…
Jveux dire, je post ce que j’ai envie de poster, mais j’ai rien à montrer aux grosse compagnie (GAFAM et tout). Je disais ca surtout parce que certains diraient que je fais ça parce que j’ai des choses à cacher/je fait des choses pas legit, mais c’est pas le cas!
Oui, un peu comme les addresses courriels
J’utilise jamais le meme pseudo à plus d’un endroit et sur les platformes où je publie (pas mal juste Reddit depuis 2 ans) je change de pseudo de temps en temps et je m’inscrit sans fournir de email ou de numero de telephone.
J’ai rien a cacher, mais j’ai rien a montrer non plus ;)
Edith: par contre, j’ai utilisé le meme pseudo partout pendant pas loin de 20 ans avant de réaliser que ma vie privée m’importais…
I do restore my VMs to deplicate VMs to test from time to time (it’s pretty easy with Proxmox) but I use Restic for data backups which encrypts the data before uploading it, so one should restore a backup to a different folder to ensure the data integrity and that you didn’t forget your keys ahah
You don’t have to do it every week or month, but it’s worth doing it a few times a year or when you change something!