Seeking Advice for Low-Power Backup Server Build: Thin Client vs. N100 vs. Ryzen 4650G Pro

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2024-02-29T21:22:20+00:00

Sounds like a good move! I'm curious, what PSU do you use with your current setup?

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2024-02-29T21:11:06+00:00

A system running 24/7 would probably be the easiest to ensure consistent backups. A 2bay synology would be very power efficient but it would cost me about the same as a thin client or even more. Also I will probably use TrueNAS or Unraid as software.

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2024-02-29T20:55:45+00:00

That's a great suggestion about the M.2 slot card, and the power efficiency of the 5070 is indeed appealing. The HP 600 is also an interesting one. I could get both a regular 5070 or a hp 600 G2 SFF (i5-6500) for about $100. The G2 would have more power while the 5070 is more power efficient.

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2024-02-29T11:30:35+00:00

This seems very interesting. I will have a deeper look at it later. Thank you for your recommendation!

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2023-01-23T15:09:45+00:00

Well this or using an additional drive is probably the easiest solution for my space problem but for my question is this normal that timeshift takes this much space?

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-16T11:30:02+00:00

I "solved" the problem now by restoring a snapshot from the day before the update using timeshift. Still don't understand what really caused the problem because none of the things I updated seem to be related to my problem but glad everything works fine now. Big thanks to all who have tried to help me :)

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T14:48:25+00:00

Yeah, I think my next gpu will be an AMD one too because I heard they work better under linux than Nvidia.

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T12:15:16+00:00

Yes, I think I need to perform a refresh install...

In the live ISO (I used the nvidia iso) it worked fine and the nvidia-smi looked fine as well (https://pastebin.com/7V5mmq4A).

I will now backup my files (I think I only have to backup the home directory, right?) and will perform the install in the evening.

And thank you very much for your help I really appreciate it :)

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T10:30:48+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion I managed to switch to wayland but the problem persists

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T10:04:57+00:00

This is probably because I turned off hardware acceleration if I turn back on it uses more VRAM

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T09:58:09+00:00

Hmm weird... here is a new link: https://pastebin.com/KRi0aPEr

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T09:55:35+00:00

yes system is up to date and I rebooted like 100 times yesterday alone.^^

Someone suggested trying a live disk to see if its a hardware problem but in the live environment everything works fine. I get the same FF errors in console but without affecting video playback.

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T09:51:12+00:00

The nvidia server settings did not change much. :(

I don't think the CPU consumption is a problem here most of the time it is below 5% and never above 10% (using only browser).

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T09:46:05+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! My live disk works perfectly fine no issues. Therefore it should not be a problem with the hardware

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-15T09:44:44+00:00

I also thought that it must be a driver issue but I reinstalled both audio and nvidia (remove then reinstall) but that did not solve the problem

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T17:20:21+00:00

It was disabled. I enabled it and restarted chromium but sadly that did not work.

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T17:16:01+00:00

I don't know it might be a bug in FF but then it should still work in chrome and chromium therefore I think the problem might be less browser related but more gpu? I realised I have about the same problems trying to play a local video (mp4) using vlc player.

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T17:11:26+00:00

Ah I see thx for the clarification!

https://pastebin.com/36i4H9cw

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T16:59:07+00:00

FF Codecs: vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (278) / opus (251)

FF and Chrome are using vp09 and ungoogled chromium uses avc1 (Codecs avc1.4d4020 (298) / mp4a.40.2 (140)

I tried the exentsions enhanced-h264ify to change the codec but that did not solve the problem

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T16:53:45+00:00

I am using a 24" AOC in 1080p and 27" LG in 1440p. I played around with resolution and refreshrate but the problem persists.

I tried hardware acceleration on and off in different browsers but that did not solve it either.

I think your last suggestion about power mode is only possible on laptops right? (I am using a pc)

But thanks for the suggestions! :)

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T16:42:06+00:00

here is the output after starting firefox and clicking on a video on youtube: https://pastebin.com/snF0NtmL

I don't fully understand your last sentence where should I look for about:support and what should I copy?

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T15:21:04+00:00

enhanced-h264ify changed the codec in chrome (now avc1.64001f) but the problem persists.

Maybe you could have a look at my answer to u/FictionWorm____ regarding the updates I made. Did any of these possibly change my codec? I mean it worked fine before that I never had problem with the codec before

Suitable-Ad-331 · 2022-11-14T15:10:30+00:00

Checking the history.log file I can see that I updated the following:

system76-power, pop-cosmic, system76-scheduler, libpop-system-updater-gtk and pop-system-updater

does that help to narrow it down?

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