Re: Rpi considerations

Michael Schwingen wrote:

Correct, but you have to look hard to find that information before buying.
 
My always-on machine which does mail server / monitoring / mqtt and lots
of other light stuff together with a desktop for when I don't need the big
machine is an Intel NUC D34010 - 16GB RAM, SATA SSD, uses about 5W when
sitting idle at the desktop (measured).

And you are also behind times - the west is gone - long live
Alibaba/AliExpres (joking).

I bought Acresser devices in 2007/2008 right before the financial melt down.
They cost 250 US and were kind of picky to set up. Last year one of them
died (well the ide-to-CF controller gave up). The cool thing about those
were that they used max.12W. I started looking everywhere (in the west). I
couldn't find anything useful. Min. power consumption >60W and costs >600,-
... and then I went to Alibaba/AliExpres ... it felt like I found a
treasury.
BTW the NUC and the kind of are not bad - but non had more than one LAN port
+ power consumption + price.
It is a disappointment what happened after 2008 ... but not going into
politics and economics. Just have a look at Alibaba/AliExpres.