I suggest you to go down this route, but replace Android with postmarketOS and make it a Kubernetes cluster:
https://blog.denv.it/posts/pmos-k3s-cluster/
My server is a phone now
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#122I see the 'battery backed' as an issue. Keeping it plugged in like that is going to harm the battery. That and the fact that my Xiaomi 12 runs USB 2.0 .... I'm stuck running stuff on MacBook at night when I don't use it because of that. Electronic price need to become reasonable again, a 8gb raspberry pi 5 is about 200€ right now. It's absolutely insane. My pi 4 did cost me 40€ a few years ago.
It's an old phone getting a second life, the health of the battery is probably not a big concern at this stage.
Re: My server is a phone now
#123I suggest you to go down this route, but replace Android with postmarketOS and make it a Kubernetes cluster: https://blog.denv.it/posts/pmos-k3s-cluster/
First thing the article does is explain that they did and it was a wrong choice.
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#124Just a heads up, proxmox now supports ARM, so with the authors setup, it could potentially run Proxmox along with LXC for containers.
LXC does provide a security boundary, more than Docker but less than a full blown VM.
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#125"My phone is a server now" would've been better -- > built in battery backup Isn't it always recommended to remove battery if you plan to use a phone or a laptop as a server? ( Fire hazard ) or is it fine to just limit the charging to 80%?
Remove it. In normal conditions, you use the product while it’s active. But with a server you are not daily checking. You might have a bug in your changing limit. I think the constant higher temperature could also become an issue.
Hmmh. My Samsung Galaxy S4 doesn't boot w/o battery. Not sure, whether early in the boot process the presence of a battery is tested or whether there just isn't enough juice.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Modern dell desktops (like 8th gen+) idle around 10W. Raspberry pi isn’t saving much
I’m impressed with that. I had a Nuc 9 extreme with a 10gb SFP card in it. It averaged 69w. The Mac Mini I replaced it with uses just under 5w. A Mini is possible the worst bang for buck. Also, the horror that that is Desktop Docker can’t be over emphasised. I know there are better ways of using Docker on a Mac, but having got something working I can’t face rebuilding it.
What's wrong with Docker desktop? Been using it everyday for at least 5 years.
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#128Side comment about the difference between “My server is a phone now” and “My phone is a server now.” In linguistics, the terms “theme” and “rheme” refer to the status of information in a sentence [1]. The theme of a sentence is something that is known or can be assumed from the context (that is, old information), while the rheme is information that is newly introduced in the sentence, often as a comment on the theme.…
Isn't there a simpler explanation in that "my server" can refer to a role or to a specific machine?
The author uses "server" as a role. So "my server is a phone now" translates to "the server role in my setup is now played by a phone".
Maybe this is just a rewording of what you said. You clearly know a lot more than me about linguistics.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's what I thought when I read this. It will probably destroy this battery very quickly. But in other hand, it is probably a pain in the ass to remove the battery and do some workarounds to make sure the phone correctly behaves without it.
> It will probably destroy this battery very quickly. 'Very quickly' seems to be measured in decades from what I see Most people I know have their laptop docked, either near-permanently at home or taking it between home and a desk with dock (so it's nearly always plugged in when in use) The 'servers' I've had were all old laptops - yes, with battery (don't have to buy a separate UPS if one is already included). I've…
I think laptops have a way to circumvent the battery when plugged and fully charged
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#130Sigh, I expected some crazy project like hooking a big Xeon rack to batteries, running Graphite or Android on it and sticking it in a backpack to use as a primary phone. That would have been glorious.
Instead, I got the same old post of someone serving web pages from a mobile phone :(