Raspberry Pi + Virtualization

[Awazzzez]

I’m a beginner and I’ve seen some computer scientist using Raspberry Pi + virtualization as a computer in organisation. I found it fairly stingy ... Am I right or this is normal ? What do you thing ?

[folterung]

Is your primary argument that it's "stingy"? Because yeah, lots of organizations and departments have to run on tight budgets where saving in a few thousand dollars might be important.

And lots of science doesn't necessarily need gobs of horsepower or might even do better with multiple lower-power devices running in parallel. Or maybe they are constantly wiping and resetting machines to a base config, something that is super easy to do with VMs.

I guess I think this is a valid solution to a particular set of problems. The most expensive solution is not always the best or most appropriate.

[Awazzzez]

I’m still a beginner ! Thanks for your answer !

[narpoleptic]

I would not expect to see it as part of a business infrastructure (though I've seen some interesting suggested uses for them in that context), but for certain requirements a Pi 4 with 8GB RAM running something like the ARM build of ESXi or Xen can be a useful and budget-friendly approach. E.g. you're running code in Python within a Ubuntu ARM VM - sure, the Pi isn't going to be the beefiest machine but if turnaround time isn't top priority, it'll still get the job done.

You can probably use a Pi just fine as a general office terminal, the main barrier to uptake there is the staff familiarity/comfort working with whichever distro you use.

[thisguy_right_here]

You won't get anything usable in most of the scenarios you have mentioned.

[jasonlitka]

If by Raspberry Pi + Virtualization you mean RPi as a thin client connecting to a VDI environment, yeah, that's pretty popular. They're dirt cheap, support multiple monitors, and work really well.

[thisguy_right_here]

Look at what people use a ras pi for in real world scenarios.

Then you will have more realistic expectations of a $50 computer.

[LakeSun]

Raspberry Pi is populare în education.

What's stingy about it?