I use python scripting to automate processing of several Landsat 8 scenes.
I use a VPS (4 core, 8GB memory, SSD) running Ubuntu 14.04 with GRASS 7.0.1
Line in script for i.landsat.toar:
grass.run_command('i.landsat.toar', input='b', output='rb', metfile='/home/ben/map/working/%s_MTL.txt' %...