Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab

Re:Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab by rr808 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @04:45AM (#34171059)

There is a virtually unlimited supply of old corporate PCs, the mini ones being most interesting. https://computers.woot.com/plus/microsoft-authorized-refurbi...

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Re:Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab by jacquesm on Thursday December 29, 2022 @05:08AM (#34171162)

Especially the Chromeboxes, some of them have i7s. Unlocking them is a bit of a hassle but once you get the hang of it it's only a few minutes.

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Re:Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab by FeistySkink on Thursday December 29, 2022 @07:34AM (#34171991)

Something like this but for Europe?

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Re:Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab by bityard on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:18AM (#34172303)

I just clicked and all of the computers for sale on that page appear to cost between $200 and $460, even for older ones.

Better than buying brand-new perhaps but not what I would call a great deal and certainly not a replacement for a pi4 in terms of price and power consumption.

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Re:Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab by rr808 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:05AM (#34174018)

Power consumption maybe, but RPI with a case, power supply and drive isn't cheap and a fraction of the power.

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Re:Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab by ilyt on Thursday December 29, 2022 @01:54PM (#34176336)

For a raspberry pi, not really, but you can get a cluster of VMs going on it and replace many rPis.

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