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by geppetto 599 days ago
I'm running a small website on a Cubiebord 1 SBC off my home internet connection. For such a scenario - home server on a desk, non demanding website such as a wiki - an SBC is a winner. Mine has been running since 2013 with no major outages apart from a few SD cards failing along the way (I had backups and a mirror on a cheap VPS). And I purposely choose not to use an SSD or a spinning disk (I could with that particular SBC) to save energy since that thing is always on and idles at around 2Watts. Noise and bulk were also a factor in my choice. There are no moving parts or spare components that can fail and indeed I didn't had any problem in ten years apart from SD cards. For 60€ - case included - it was a good deal.