My Raspberry Pi 4 (running Umbrel) has been disconnecting approximately once a month, and my 1TB SSD now has only 80GB of space remaining. I'm considering an upgrade—possibly moving to a Pi 5 with a 2TB drive—but I'm open to any suggestions for a better setup within a similar budget. Any recommendations?
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48 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 12 Mar
HP800 Mini. Or one of the comparable machines from Dell or Lenovo (HP uses Mini name, Dell uses Micro, Lenovo uses Tiny).
Those are much much better choices for a node over a SBC for a similar budget.
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9 sats \ 2 replies \ @Catcher OP 12 Mar
Looks like they are 600 EUR + and so many different versions, need to look into it, thanks
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 12 Mar
Look for HP800 G3. Those regularly go for $50-75 USD and usually includes 8GB of RAM.
For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/316138776400
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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @Catcher OP 12 Mar
I see, thank you, I think it's used / refurbished, but looks like a good option, thanks!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alt 6h
Get a refurbished mini pc and install Linux. I got a Lenovo think centre, 8th gen intel i3, 8gb ram, 512gb SSD for £80. installed Debian on it. attached some usb hard disks, now it's a server.
far more powerful than a raspberry pi and barely more expensive.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @CoachSiim 12 Mar
Odroid M1 8GB RAM + 1/2TB NVMe SSD
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Catcher OP 12 Mar
Looks like you need to install the OS on SD card there as well? I think it’s the main downside of Raspberry pi
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