On 11/12/24 6:35 AM, David T-G wrote:
omething small like a Pi, or any old PC
Oh, I'm a huge fan (looking at 2 pi zero 2 w's next to my laptop with enough jumper wires to make a pot of spaghetti jealous), and 2 pi 3b+ in the other room. This is currently my "grab-n-go" safeguard. With 128G microSD cards, they are legitimate storage contenders for data backup. That is 1/2 TB between the 4 PIs. That's more than enough for core-data. And the zero 2w's are about the size of a pack of gum. Not to mention the wireless on the zero 2w is bullet-proof and the 3B+ wired are plenty fast. (not to mention they are just a lot of fun to program to control anything under the sun via GPIO, I2C or SPI, sensors, oled displays, IMUs, A2D, D2A chips, timers, opamps, etc..). I've got a 1/2 dozen picos as well that are fun in their own right as bare-metal boards Years ago we picked up several refurb Dell boxes with Core2Duo E8600s and dual NICs (odd, but interesting). All boxes were between $69 and $99, 4G-8G RAM (with Win10 Pro installed). (time permitting in a crisis, these just get unplugged and thrown through a window) One thing is for certain, there is literally nothing salvageable after a fire. Even if not destroyed by flame, the thick smoke residue that coats every surface inside and outside destroys everything (and that's before the 2M gallons of water courtesy of the valiant fire fighters). -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.