From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Nov 13 15:53:35 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87BF72E5FF0 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from mailout.qeng-ho.org (mailout.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.244]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CXjgL5PHPz4Y7r for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:53:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from arthur.home.qeng-ho.org (unknown [IPv6:2a02:8010:64c9:1::2]) by mailout.qeng-ho.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8B242FEDF; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:53:24 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Feedback for a small server project To: "Kevin P. Neal" , Christian Baer Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20201113011300.0291aebb@uni-dortmund.de> <20201113020501.GC2121@neutralgood.org> From: Arthur Chance Message-ID: <0675c354-0271-e8bc-060b-10dc8234fb94@qeng-ho.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:53:22 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20201113020501.GC2121@neutralgood.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CXjgL5PHPz4Y7r X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@qeng-ho.org designates 217.155.128.244 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@qeng-ho.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.30 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[217.155.128.244:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.155.128.240/29]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[qeng-ho.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[217.155.128.244:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13037, ipnet:217.155.0.0/16, country:GB]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:53:35 -0000 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.