Pretty much what the title says, I was wondering, since I want to invest on self hosting applications and my raspberry pi 3 b+ can barely function. I don’t have enormous expectations, just docker containers, nextcloud, pihosted, jellyfin… Any further suggestions (regarding the hardware) will be much appreciated.

  • OptimisticPrime@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for mentioning running costs, I was curious about that. How much more do you think the NUC is costing you compared to a Pi?

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      1 year ago

      Not op, but a nuc idles around 5 watts, and at load can use up to 100 watts depending on specs. A raspberry pi4 idles somewhere around 3.5 watts and at load is still under 10 watts.

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      1 year ago

      From memory, I think it worked out 50-80% more power draw, on average. I might be wrong on that however, I’ve yet to do a will watt measurement with like for like loads. My testing was closer to both idling.

      The NUC can draw more power, but has far more advanced power saving features too. I ended up budgeting using 20W.