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ajb wrote:

NormanDunbar wrote:I have an old Pi 2B+ running PiHole for me on my network

I've an original Model B which has been running my Sendmail/Dovecot server for 8 years solid. It's even got the original SD card. Reliable little things.

Alan

Hi,

I have a PI 2B running RISC OS, very smooth and probably many times faster than the fastest Acorn hardware.

ajb wrote:<>
I've an original Model B which has been running my Sendmail/Dovecot server for 8 years solid. It's even got the original SD card. Reliable little things.

Would a RasPI have enough umph to run a internet-facing web server? Im thinking of Knoware.no, which is mainly simple, hand-written HTML, and with very little traffic. How about power consumption of running 24/365? Do you, or does anyone, know?

Low traffic site? Sure, with ease. Power consumption depends on the exact model, but most use only 1-2 Watts, the Pi 4 a bit more

pjw wrote:Would a RasPI have enough umph to run a internet-facing web server? Im thinking of Knoware.no, which is mainly simple, hand-written HTML, and with very little traffic. How about power consumption of running 24/365? Do you, or does anyone, know?

This might help, it's a blog posting about how Mythic Beasts are offereing Raspberry Pi 4 powered web hosting. They used to offer it on Pi 3 and 2 too I believe.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/websit ... ic-beasts/

So, the Pi is very capable of service web sites.

As for the power draw, this comparison will help too:

https://raspi.tv/2019/how-much-power-do ... asurements


I have a Pi 3B+ running PiHole (ad blocker) on my network, plus, it's serving as my router's DNS server. It's running 24/7 and so far, MrsD hasn't noticed an increase in the electricity bill! Whatever power is does cost is well worth it for the serious lack of tracking and adverts. Other than Arsebook and YouTube of course, I believe those ads are not the usual ones where the ad is requested from a site but are "embedded" in your stream.


HTH

Cheers,
Norm.

Re: RasPI as web server
Thanks guys! Very helpful! I set up a web server before, but that was years ago. I guess Ill have to start learning from scratch, so itll take a while to get going. Security might be a hassle, though. Although Id keep the system air gapped from my home network, I guess someone could, for example, upload objectionable material to it without me noticing.. Well, Ill just have to jump off that bridge when I get to it.

Not quite today but last week

Dear gods! I bet that lots takes some dusting!

Cheers,
Norm.

Wow. Nice collection.

Team Andromeda QL wrote:Not quite today but last week

Epic setup, I wish I had to room to set all my stuff up like that

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