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

2024-06-10 Thread markw
> 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

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

2024-06-10 Thread markw
> 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 physica

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

2024-06-10 Thread Kent Borg
On 6/9/24 10:14, Dan Ritter wrote: RPI - all of them to date - are limited by I/O. Yes, a serious limitation is their poor bandwidth to RAM. In an Intel box a lot of effort usually goes into making that high bandwidth. Servers also support ECC RAM, and even consumer boxes frequently allow in

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

2024-06-10 Thread Kent Borg
On 6/10/24 06:00, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: (AKA most of the time, everything is instantaneous. You only notice when it isn't.) Hence finding the XZ exploit :-) Good point. -kb ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@driftwood.blu.org https://driftwood.b

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

2024-06-10 Thread Rich Pieri
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 13:52:49 -0700 Kent Borg wrote: > Arm chips are starting to make inroads into real server farms, > because they offer more performance per watt than do Intel and AMD > chips, and I suspect also because they can scale their power usage so > well. But, though they are getting pre