150 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 11 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: Valuable Recommendations for Running Your Full Bitcoin Node with Umbrel bitcoin
Yes, the weakest point fort RPi is the USB connection to the drive.
That is literally killing the nodes traffic and many noobs still do not want to understand that. That's why so many they have issues with fucked up data fro their nodes.
Use a damn stable system, a NUC, a second hand Dell workstation with good internal SSD, even in RAID and you are good to go.
I really do not understand why this obsession with RPis that in some cases are even more expensive than a damn 2nd hand PC.
I've tested power/internet outage with my setup (SSD and RPi) and I had zero issues with my node.
The HDD, on the other hand, was a complete disaster.
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Yes, the weakest point fort RPi is the USB connection to the drive.
What do you mean by this? USB 3.0 is 5 Gbit/s, which isn't far off from sata 3 which is 6 Gbit/s.
even in RAID and you are good to go.
You can even raid 2 USB 3.0 drives with mdadm in Linux if you want.
Use a damn stable system, a NUC, a second hand Dell workstation with good internal SSD
In general I do agree with this. I just bought a Dell Wyse 5070 thin client for $40 USD recently. I bought a 1TB m.2 sata SSD for $42 USD. So for a total of ~$85 USD I have a system that is faster than a RPI 5. I don't think you could get a RPI 5 with a case, PSU, 1TB SSD, Sata to USB 3.0 adapter for $85.
You could also get something like an HP elitedesk 800 g4 mini used for around $150 and that accepts 2 m.2 NVMe's if you want raid1.
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HP elitedesk 800 g4 mini used for around $150 and that accepts 2 m.2 NVMe's if you want raid1.
That one I name a good machine for a LN node.
USB 3.0 is 5 Gbit/s, which isn't far off from sata 3 which is 6 Gbit/s.
Is not about speed is about reliability.
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Is not about speed is about reliability. Is sata 3 more reliable than usb 3.0?
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My experience almost certainly more expensive recently.
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