Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:53:22 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org>, Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feedback for a small server project Message-ID: <0675c354-0271-e8bc-060b-10dc8234fb94@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20201113020501.GC2121@neutralgood.org> References: <20201113011300.0291aebb@uni-dortmund.de> <20201113020501.GC2121@neutralgood.org>
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On 13/11/2020 02:05, Kevin P. Neal wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 01:13:00AM +0100, Christian Baer wrote: >> I am guessing that the "real" computer (as apposed to the SBC) will >> probably have more CPU-power and the extra RAM will also make a >> difference, but with a 65W TDP CPU, it will [probably] also *need* more >> power. :-) I have also considered that the "real" computer has much >> better connectivity for HDDs, which do not have to be connected via USB. > > I tried using a hard drive connected through a USB hub once. I got burned. > I haven't tried it since. OK, this was on MacOS X, but still... > The ODroid board he mentions has USB 3.0 which makes disk access reasonable in my experience. (3.1 & 3.2 can be even better of course.) -- The number of people predicting the demise of Moore's Law doubles every 18 months.
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