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submitted 2 years ago by JasonWeen to c/[email protected]
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Hi I am currently struggling with deciding between Pis (all variants e.g. Orange Pi) and Nucs as I can't find any for a reasonable price. Do you guys have any recommandation for me? German/European Stores maybe? I am looking for the best efficency to performance ratio for a low price. Basically just small computing units that I can cluster ideally in a 1U Rackmount.

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[–] JasonWeen 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What do you mean Tiny/Miny/Micros?

[–] JayGarrick 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] JasonWeen 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you. I'll look into it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They are Ultra Small Form Factors PCs from the big brands. Lenovo ThinkCenter Tiny, HP EliteDesk/ProDesk Mini and Dell Optiplex Micro. They are small, quiet, they don't pull a lot of power and they are not too expensive when you get second-hand ones that are decomissioned from business environments.

The only thing is that they don't have a lot of room for expansion/storahe. Some some have 1x M.2 port for NVMe + 1x 2.5" slot, some have 2x M.2 ports. Most don't have PCie ports (apart a few Tinys) but if you want affordable nodes, they can be great!

Edit: you can read more here https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimicro-home-lab-revolution/

[–] JasonWeen 1 points 2 years ago

Hm okay thank you. I'll read it