Re: rpi4 as server?
  By: Mike Scott to All on Sat Nov 28 2020 11:33 am

 > Hi all; a quick query about speeds.
 > 
 > I currently use an old i386 machine as home server (everything from
 > local NFS file-store, to bind, to email server). It's an acer aspire
 > r3700, running at 1.8GHz, 2 proc/4 thread job. It runs freebsd headless,
 > and I use vnc for day-to-day operations on it.
 > 
 > I'm contemplating replacing with a rpi4, which I gather is now supported
 > by freebsd, using a usb3 external hard drive. But is this likely to
 > prove slower or problematic for any other reason?
 > 
 > TIA for any thoughts.
 > 
 > 
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 > Mike Scott
 > Harlow, England

The PIs are not great at I/O. They will do for a personal server with a couple
of users, but it is not ideal as a server platform.

II don'tknow about the newer PIs, but at least the early ones used an USB bus
for the ethernet connection, which meant network I/O was limited from the
start.
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