Forgot to mention, Raspberry Pi watt consumptions is extremely low, so you can leave it on 24/7/365. If you go "Mini PC" root they will usually consume way more watts.
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Not that many more. An RPI4 consumes around 3-5W, and a Mini PC should be around 10-15W.
Yes it's a 3x difference, but still very low. Like leaving a LED light always on vs three of them.
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Is the 1TB SSD external? Any recs? I have an old RPi 2 somewhere.
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I bought a case that you can insert the SSD directly. It's not one of those that you connect with USB. I don't recommend RPi2 for this, probably too weak.
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