Re:Pi-Top 4
by mig39 on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:27PM
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So many of my Raspberry Pi projects end up as a VM in my homelab esxi server, because they're just easier to manage that way. Pi-Hole, Octo-pi, wee-wx, virtual radar, etc. All of these I started with a Raspberry PI, then realized what a pain in the butt it is to manage a PI when I can manage a VM instead.
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Similar for me, except I just use Docker for container versions of whatever project I played with on the Pi instead of VMs. Makes simple automated upgrades possible with extremely few lines of scripting too, ideal for home server that I want to setup and forget about. I have a single docker-compose file describing the services I need and its worked great for me for years. Most Pi server-app projects already have an official x86 docker image too.
If nothing else, this has allowed me to use a cheap intel NUC instead of beefier hardware for a VM server. No more SD card failures...
Re:Pi-Top 4
by monkeydust on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @04:20PM
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Exactly. In process of moving hass.io to a VM environment on windows because I got tired of corrupt sd cards and slowness. Pis are great for prototyping and running a POC.