Setting up a pi-hole DNS server for my wifi network was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Horrifying to see what percentage of traffic is on the ad server blacklist though...
Definitely!
Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
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Re: Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
#22I recently thought about getting an RPi4 but ultimately spent about a hundred dollars more to get a cheap NUC. It was a bit more expensive but it seems like a more robust platform. A real AC adapter instead of USB (apparently the RPi4 kind of botched it in some revisions? What I read wasn't confidence inspiring), takes normal SO-DIMM ram and a typical SSD, doesn't have a reputation for overheating.. it seems generall…
The USB thing, while not great, was a bit overblown. Official power source never had a problem.
As far as overheating, there are several passive cooling cases that handle the heat just fine. ETA Prime is one place to look for videos with tests.
No doubt you get more power and flexibility from a NUC, but Pis are pretty great for what they are.
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Latest Pi’s can boot from external media. It’s possible to boot from an SSD
You can't just say that without including a link :P Anyways, I assume that the following is what you are referring to: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberry... In that case, the following from the linked page might be worth making note of: > To enable USB host boot mode, the Raspberry Pi needs to be booted from an SD card with a special option to set the USB host boot mode bit in the one-time p…
The OTP programming doesn't prevent the Pi from booting from an SD card, so it should be fine.
Re: Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
#24I recently thought about getting an RPi4 but ultimately spent about a hundred dollars more to get a cheap NUC. It was a bit more expensive but it seems like a more robust platform. A real AC adapter instead of USB (apparently the RPi4 kind of botched it in some revisions? What I read wasn't confidence inspiring), takes normal SO-DIMM ram and a typical SSD, doesn't have a reputation for overheating.. it seems generall…
I'm torn, I don't think of Pis as traditional servers and have two dedicated servers on my network. AND I have a half dozen Pis that I use for hosting OctoPrint, DNS, SSH, IoT, Pi-Hole, etc... which are traditionally Server functions.
I tend to think of Pis in terms of single function appliances. They're obviously capable of more but they're so cheap you can just throw one at a single problem and forget about it.
Re: Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
#25Setting up a pi-hole DNS server for my wifi network was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Horrifying to see what percentage of traffic is on the ad server blacklist though...
I wasn't aware that my Samsung Smart TV had been logging almost my every action on the TV until I set up a PiHole server. Also, my respect for Apple grew by the fact that only device that wasn't doing loads of telemetry turned out to be my Macbook in the whole household.
Re: Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
#26How do people access these servers off of their home network (or do they not?).
That seems like most of the value to me, hosting some service you can access from anywhere without having to use Digital Ocean.
It seems like most residential ISPs don't provide a static IP and some block port 80? I think forcing ISPs to allow home users to serve traffic via some standard method would go a long way to enabling a more decentralized web.
I know Zero Tier, and Tailscale exist - but I don't really understand how they work (and I think they require intermediate server access anyway so might as well use Digital Ocean?).
I'd like a future where you could sell users a raspberry pi running a service they can just plug into their home switch and access it securely from anywhere.
Re: Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
#27I recently thought about getting an RPi4 but ultimately spent about a hundred dollars more to get a cheap NUC. It was a bit more expensive but it seems like a more robust platform. A real AC adapter instead of USB (apparently the RPi4 kind of botched it in some revisions? What I read wasn't confidence inspiring), takes normal SO-DIMM ram and a typical SSD, doesn't have a reputation for overheating.. it seems generall…
What advantage does an NUC have over let's say your old laptop? They seem like they're the same price as laptops with laptop specs but are missing most critical components and are a bit smaller.
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If you have an i5 or i7, you may also have the advantage of remote KVM (via Intel's vPro) so that you can revive it remotely if needed.
Not to mention the built-in advantage of Intel's much better supported QuickSync video encode/decode if you're doing any sort of media streaming.
Won't matter if your main computer does the decoding, and for the price of one good computer that can stream to all devices including crappy ones versus all good ones and a cheap NAS to host, which would you choose?
Re: Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
#29How do people access these servers off of their home network (or do they not?). That seems like most of the value to me, hosting some service you can access from anywhere without having to use Digital Ocean. It seems like most residential ISPs don't provide a static IP and some block port 80? I think forcing ISPs to allow home users to serve traffic via some standard method would go a long way to enabling a more dece…
Dyndns or similar.
Re: Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications
#30I like my rpi but my life got better when I bought a mini pc instead. Its pretty common to get a 16GB mem micro for not much more than an rpi with power supply, sd card, case.
https://computers.woot.com/offers/lenovo-thinkcentre-m73-240...