On 29/11/2020 08:15, A. Dumas wrote:
> Richard Falken  wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Why post if you don't know. The Pi4 has a true 1 Gbps ethernet port and two
> usb 3.0 ports of 4.8 Gbps (what others now call usb 3.1 gen 1). This is
> possible because the new chip has PCIe (x1).

Thanks all for the comments. I've played with a pi3 (and earlier), but
it's clearly too slow even for my home network; I'm sort-of hoping a pi4
would be up to the job. Just a little pricey to buy and try yet another
unless there's a real chance it'd be a go-er.

>
> Also, get Fidonet to fix their clocks.
>


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Mike Scott
Harlow, England

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