[Discuss] Raspberry PI[4,5] as infrastructure?

2024-06-09 Thread markw
It doesn't take much knowledge of history to see that a Raspberry PI5 with a ton of new features is a computer that rivals infrastructure computers that are probably still in service. Hell, even a RPI4 may even fit that description. I've been using RPIs for about 10 years and they've grown from a

Re: [Discuss] Raspberry PI[4,5] as infrastructure?

2024-06-09 Thread Dan Ritter
ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > I have a RPI5 running ZFS, PostgreSQL, a DLNA server, and a full > development stack that compiles just about any code I have laying around. > > These things chave 8 gigs of RAM, 4 CPUs, use 15 watts of power, and cost > less than a video card. My desktop is consider

Re: [Discuss] Raspberry PI[4,5] as infrastructure?

2024-06-09 Thread Rich Pieri
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 12:37:20 -0400 ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > Would a stack of RPI5s, controlled by some sort of docker look-alike, > perform better than a huge VMware server? Would it perform better > than a large kubernetes cluster? Would they be more secure because > they are physically separ

Re: [Discuss] Raspberry PI[4,5] as infrastructure?

2024-06-09 Thread Kent Borg
On 6/9/24 09:37, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: Would a stack of RPI5s, controlled by some sort of docker look-alike, perform better than a huge VMware server? Depends upon what you are trying to do. Arm chips are starting to make inroads into real server farms, because they offer more performan