It would all depend on what you need it for.
My idea is to: (1) replace Synology NAS ; (2) a new cheap testbed for unknown new hardware or USB sticks and (3) for playing with a network appliance like router or firewall. In every case I would need a higher burst rate, but lower idle consumption...
PS: For people in Europe: the EBay seller "piospartslap' I've got S920 from has a 10% discount (till EUR 35,99 without power supply): Fujitsu Futro S920 ThinClient AMD 2.20GHz 4GB 8GB SSD ohne Netzteil ohne Fuß. But be aware of EUR 19,99 shipping costs.
Another SSD was a bit faster:
/dev/sda: internal SATA (Crucial BX500): about 458 MB/s
Interestingly enough speeds of same devices are with about 10% better on S930(GX-424CC):
/dev/sda: internal SATA (Crucial BX500): about 480 MB/s
/dev/sdb: mSATA (16GB) - 124 MB/s
/dev/nvme0n1: (Samsung 980...
fyi:
the internal SATA bus is good, but other connections are not bad either on S920 (GX-222GC).
This is what hdparm is reporting on Debian 11 (latest):
/dev/sda: internal SATA (Kingston SV300S3 - old cheap): about 400 MB/s
/dev/sdb: mSATA (16GB) - 103 MB/s
/dev/sdc: USB3-SATA adapter (on a...
May I ask a question: what is the opinion here about virtualising or not on S920/S930?
Pro (Proxmox): easier patching and rollback.
Against: higher complexity of installation and requirements to disk space/performance.
RAM should not be a limiting factor - I have some spare 4GB planks - but...
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