[ale] NUC vs. RPi mail server

[Alex Carver]

Looks like the SBC market is exploding again after the success of the
Rpi with all these clones, beefed up clones and ultra-miniaturized
desktops/laptops (NUC).  The Radxa looks equally interesting as a couple
others like the BananaPi and BeagleBone.

Since I have an Rpi now and it doesn't seem that I need much horsepower
for this server I'm going to get another Rpi (and an external drive) and
try it out.  If it doesn't work I can always use the Rpi for something
else and just get a bigger SBC.

This is something that I'm probably going to have to do very soon since
my mail server just puked again.


On 2014-12-19 20:36, Dustin Strickland wrote:
> More expensive than the RasPi(Just picked one up on eBay for $90 with an
> acrylic case and adapter) but the Radxa Rock Pro would be a good
> contender for a medium-volume mail server. With a USB to SATA adapter,
> you'd be good to go. Gigabit ethernet has been brought up in this thread
> but I doubt you'd have this hooked up to anything faster than a 100mbps
> uplink. Quad core ARM @ 1.6GHz, 2GB LPDDR3 @ 800MHz (Plus 8GB NAND),
> plenty of power to run spam filters and whatnot. Much lower power draw
> than a P2 for sure, and you'd have it paid off in 5 months vs. leasing a
> VPS to run your server on.
> 
> http://radxa.com/Rock/specifications
> 
> On 12/11/2014 02:53 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>> For a personal mail server that doesn't handle much traffic (less than
>> 100 messages per day), which would you consider/choose: a NUC or an RPi?
>>  Mostly headless operation (except for getting console to do maintenance
>> when remote won't work) with a very basic install (no GUI).
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