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Discussion on: 5 Reasons why Cloud Free Tier is better than your Raspberry Pi

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Junxiao Shi

I signed up at Oracle Cloud last month. It's powerful for hosting websites, but it's not a replacement of Raspberry Pi.

  • Ethernet (non-IP) is non-existent. I can transmit non-IP traffic, but the peer in the same virtual network cannot receive it.
  • IPv6 is non-existent.
  • VM is in a data center, which means higher latency to resources in my residence (2TB hard drive, etc).
  • There's no way to connect a temperature sensor or LCD screen or gamepad.