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by johnklos 1213 days ago
I was hoping for something more akin to what the word "building" usually implies - something a bit more physical. If nothing else, the author made a box for it ;)

The RockPro64 is a good board with lots of expandability. I run NetBSD/aarch64eb on one to build all of NetBSD's pkgsrc packages (26,000). It performs well with an m.2 NVMe, and has been rock solid.

Of course, for anyone using the RockPro64, if you plan to do lots of processor intensive work like compiling, you'll either need a very large heat sink (no Flirc cases for these, unfortunately) or you'll need active cooling. Without good cooling, it'll throttle.

https://klos.com/~john/rockpro64.jpeg

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Yes, I was hoping to learn about inexpensive aarch64 server hardware solutions (ready made).
I was thinking maybe they found a salvage sale for old oracle or aws aarch64 servers. I'd love one of those. A second best would be a jetson agx probably.