Re: What do I need to go with a Pi 4

Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:

In message <uv4991$efer$2@dont-email.me>, druck <news@druck.org.uk>
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That's quite a lot of time for rendering. What I do is on the Pi is run
a Python uwsgi program which process all the data which has been stored
in sqlite3 databases, producing a bit of HTML and Javacript which
utilises google charts to the the plotting. The processing takes the Pi
4B under a second, and can plot the data itself in Chromium in a few
seconds, but I mainly access it from faster Linux boxes, where
rendering of the google charts in almost instant.
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Perhaps you could also perform the rendering on a meatier machine too.
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I did think about that, but that would mean leaving one of my PCs on
24x7 which I'm not keen on.
 

Get a PC that's as low powered as a Pi, there are such beasts around
nowadays and you can even find quite cheap refurbished ones.  I like
Fujitsu Esprimos, my desktop machine is an Esprimo P910 which is
getting rather long in the tooth now (and consumes 18 watts at idle).
I'm getting an Esprimo Q957 to replace it, that idles at about 5
watts. There are lots of different models with different capabilities
and you can find even lower power ones than the Q957.

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Chris Green
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