My umbrel keeps having issues and I am thinking of upgrading to something a little more powerful. Any recommendations of a good mini PC to download Start9 O/S on?
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My umbrel keeps having issues and I am thinking of upgrading to something a little more powerful. Any recommendations of a good mini PC to download Start9 O/S on?
I use a 5 year old NUC I had around. I've been pretty happy with it. 4 core i7, but it's still overpowered for a bitcoin and lightning node.
I spent a few hundred dollars on a dell optiplex 7040. Has an older i5 quad core, 16GB RAM and a 2TB SSD.
Has no issues running start9, full node and my public-pool instance.
Just make sure you download the right start9 OS version (x86_64-nonfree.iso) as it'll have more drivers and the like. I used the wrong one and my wireless adapter wouldn't work. No biggy...just went with ethernet anyway.
Prior SN post about the topic:
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ive set up I think 3 start9 servers using the lenovo thinkcentre minis, it was easy to do for me (although its now been a while) and I'm happy to help troubleshoot if you run into issues.
My setup (slow, but fast enough for what I use it for):
Intel NUC N3700, 8GB RAM, 2TB SSD
Bought 2 years ago, had it run for a year with a 1TB SSD, then replaced with a 2TB one.
Running Bitcoin Core, Electrs and a couple of non-BTC related services. No LN node.
No pre-packaged stuff like Start9 OS. Plain Ubuntu.
This was the one for me: Lenovo ThinkCentre M910Q Mini PC Core i7 6700T 2.8 GHz | 16GB | 240 SSD | WIN 10 + 2TB
Now, I'm in the process of synchronising ...On Ubuntu, Docker and Umbrel
Not for all .. but i use orangepi 5 plus or odroid m1 with ubuntu + docker and compose .. nothing more
Dell Optiplex’s are cheap and reliable