Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

['michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user]

Interesting, gotta monitor this, my PV-inverters provide all that data. 

Karen K schrieb am Mittwoch, 15. Mai 2024 um 07:22:24 UTC+2:

> michael.k...@gmx.at schrieb am Samstag, 24. Februar 2024 um 08:20:17 
> UTC+1:
>
> Also, we have super stable power supply here. Often years without power 
> surge, the last black some years ago, and this only locally. 
>
>
> Off-topic-comment: That's interesting. The situation at our region is 
> quite less stable. The voltage jumps up and down, and the frequency is 
> decreasing actually.
>
> [image: netzspannung-8.png]
>
> [image: netzfrequenz.png]
>

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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

['michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user]

I've just bought myself 
this: https://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/zbox-ci337-nano-barebone and a 
data center SSD. Ask me in a year, or two :)
 

michael.k...@gmx.at schrieb am Samstag, 24. Februar 2024 um 08:20:17 UTC+1:

> Interesting insights. I've always been using the official power supplies 
> and SD-Cards and flash drives from major brands. And they always got me 
> brand new cards, as the were under warranty. Also, we have super stable 
> power supply here. Often years without power surge, the last black some 
> years ago, and this only locally. Despite that, my devices are connected to 
> a UPS since a while, and I had still issues.
>
> Tom Keffer schrieb am Samstag, 24. Februar 2024 um 00:25:43 UTC+1:
>
>> I'm with Vince. I believe the micro-SD cards are perfectly reliable. As 
>> an experiment I've been running WeeWX on an RPi B+ with an SD card for over 
>> 9 years. The key is a reliable power supply connected to a UPS. Webpage: 
>> https://www.threefools.org/weewx/status/index.html
>>
>> I'm getting tired of waiting for it to break --- it's taking up too much 
>> space on my desk. If it doesn't break soon, I'll probably end the 
>> experiment.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 11:41 AM Gábor Szabados  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Shamefully, running a bit old version of WeeWX, from 2019, on a 
>>> Raspberry Pi Zero W, which has Raspbian and mainly default settings WeeWX. 
>>> The same SD card since. The Pi operates in an interceptor way, it creates a 
>>> hotspot for the weather station which sends all information to WU, WeeWX 
>>> with Interceptor intercepts it, meanwhile the Pi connects to the local 
>>> network by Wifi as well. A bit over complicated, but it was before the 
>>> FineOffset clones were offering a custom URL option in their firmware.
>>>
>>> It was a minimum budget project, still runs without any issues. (Knock 
>>> on wood.)
>>>
>>> Graham Knights a következőt írta (2024. február 23., péntek, 19:43:49 
>>> UTC+1):
>>>
 I've been running weewx on a RPi 3B+ for just over 5 years, but after a 
 couple of other pi's died for various reasons (SD card being one of them), 
 I've moved it to a debian install on a VM in a Windows 10 Pro machine 
 (runs 
 my automation server).  Hardware is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny which I 
 find perfect for running a couple of small linux VM's on it.  Low power, 
 tiny, quiet, and versatile, and Lenovo hardware has been good to me over 
 the years. Machines are cheap to find on ebay/amazon, probably less than a 
 new Pi by the time you add all the parts.

 On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 9:46:42 AM UTC-8 vince wrote:

> If I was starting clean 'today', I would probably just throw $125 at 
> it and get one of those little beelink boxes amazon sells and toss linux 
> on 
> it.
>
> But to answer - currently on a 4GB pi4 to sd card for 2+ years with no 
> issues.
>
> Stability issues on a pi are almost always bad power supply these 
> days.  I've never had a micro-sd fail on a pi3, 3+, 4, or pi5.  Never.   
> I 
> did burn a 'lot' of big sd cards on the old modelB over the years but 
> again 
> that was related to either (a) cheapo cards or (b) cheapo power adaptors 
> not on surge suppressors.  My one remaining modelB is still happily 
> shooting my timelapse snaps for over a decade now.
>
> I do make one change to the pi setups to protect the sd card.  I mount 
> some filesystems as tmpfs so the sd can't be hammered by log writes by 
> appending this to /etc/stab
>
> # put logs and tmp dirs in ramdisk too ---
> tmpfs   /tmptmpfs   
> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
> tmpfs   /var/logtmpfs   
> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
> tmpfs   /var/tmptmpfs   
> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
> #-
>
> Yes - if I reboot I lose the system logs.  But I basically never 
> reboot.
>
> I might add that I do install rsyslog and the matching logrotate.d and 
> rsyslog.d files from util/ to my v5 setup, so weewx logs to under 
> /var/log/weewx in that tmpfs partition, so I just run debug=1 here 
> because 
> it's not going to touch the actual sd card.  Super stable.
>
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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

['michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user]

Interesting insights. I've always been using the official power supplies 
and SD-Cards and flash drives from major brands. And they always got me 
brand new cards, as the were under warranty. Also, we have super stable 
power supply here. Often years without power surge, the last black some 
years ago, and this only locally. Despite that, my devices are connected to 
a UPS since a while, and I had still issues.

Tom Keffer schrieb am Samstag, 24. Februar 2024 um 00:25:43 UTC+1:

> I'm with Vince. I believe the micro-SD cards are perfectly reliable. As an 
> experiment I've been running WeeWX on an RPi B+ with an SD card for over 9 
> years. The key is a reliable power supply connected to a UPS. Webpage: 
> https://www.threefools.org/weewx/status/index.html
>
> I'm getting tired of waiting for it to break --- it's taking up too much 
> space on my desk. If it doesn't break soon, I'll probably end the 
> experiment.
>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 11:41 AM Gábor Szabados  
> wrote:
>
>> Shamefully, running a bit old version of WeeWX, from 2019, on a Raspberry 
>> Pi Zero W, which has Raspbian and mainly default settings WeeWX. The same 
>> SD card since. The Pi operates in an interceptor way, it creates a hotspot 
>> for the weather station which sends all information to WU, WeeWX with 
>> Interceptor intercepts it, meanwhile the Pi connects to the local network 
>> by Wifi as well. A bit over complicated, but it was before the FineOffset 
>> clones were offering a custom URL option in their firmware.
>>
>> It was a minimum budget project, still runs without any issues. (Knock on 
>> wood.)
>>
>> Graham Knights a következőt írta (2024. február 23., péntek, 19:43:49 
>> UTC+1):
>>
>>> I've been running weewx on a RPi 3B+ for just over 5 years, but after a 
>>> couple of other pi's died for various reasons (SD card being one of them), 
>>> I've moved it to a debian install on a VM in a Windows 10 Pro machine (runs 
>>> my automation server).  Hardware is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny which I 
>>> find perfect for running a couple of small linux VM's on it.  Low power, 
>>> tiny, quiet, and versatile, and Lenovo hardware has been good to me over 
>>> the years. Machines are cheap to find on ebay/amazon, probably less than a 
>>> new Pi by the time you add all the parts.
>>>
>>> On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 9:46:42 AM UTC-8 vince wrote:
>>>
 If I was starting clean 'today', I would probably just throw $125 at it 
 and get one of those little beelink boxes amazon sells and toss linux on 
 it.

 But to answer - currently on a 4GB pi4 to sd card for 2+ years with no 
 issues.

 Stability issues on a pi are almost always bad power supply these 
 days.  I've never had a micro-sd fail on a pi3, 3+, 4, or pi5.  Never.   I 
 did burn a 'lot' of big sd cards on the old modelB over the years but 
 again 
 that was related to either (a) cheapo cards or (b) cheapo power adaptors 
 not on surge suppressors.  My one remaining modelB is still happily 
 shooting my timelapse snaps for over a decade now.

 I do make one change to the pi setups to protect the sd card.  I mount 
 some filesystems as tmpfs so the sd can't be hammered by log writes by 
 appending this to /etc/stab

 # put logs and tmp dirs in ramdisk too ---
 tmpfs   /tmptmpfs   
 defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
 tmpfs   /var/logtmpfs   
 defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
 tmpfs   /var/tmptmpfs   
 defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
 #-

 Yes - if I reboot I lose the system logs.  But I basically never reboot.

 I might add that I do install rsyslog and the matching logrotate.d and 
 rsyslog.d files from util/ to my v5 setup, so weewx logs to under 
 /var/log/weewx in that tmpfs partition, so I just run debug=1 here because 
 it's not going to touch the actual sd card.  Super stable.

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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

[Tom Keffer]

I'm with Vince. I believe the micro-SD cards are perfectly reliable. As an
experiment I've been running WeeWX on an RPi B+ with an SD card for over 9
years. The key is a reliable power supply connected to a UPS. Webpage:
https://www.threefools.org/weewx/status/index.html

I'm getting tired of waiting for it to break --- it's taking up too much
space on my desk. If it doesn't break soon, I'll probably end the
experiment.

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 11:41 AM Gábor Szabados <
gabor.szabados.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Shamefully, running a bit old version of WeeWX, from 2019, on a Raspberry
> Pi Zero W, which has Raspbian and mainly default settings WeeWX. The same
> SD card since. The Pi operates in an interceptor way, it creates a hotspot
> for the weather station which sends all information to WU, WeeWX with
> Interceptor intercepts it, meanwhile the Pi connects to the local network
> by Wifi as well. A bit over complicated, but it was before the FineOffset
> clones were offering a custom URL option in their firmware.
>
> It was a minimum budget project, still runs without any issues. (Knock on
> wood.)
>
> Graham Knights a következőt írta (2024. február 23., péntek, 19:43:49
> UTC+1):
>
>> I've been running weewx on a RPi 3B+ for just over 5 years, but after a
>> couple of other pi's died for various reasons (SD card being one of them),
>> I've moved it to a debian install on a VM in a Windows 10 Pro machine (runs
>> my automation server).  Hardware is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny which I
>> find perfect for running a couple of small linux VM's on it.  Low power,
>> tiny, quiet, and versatile, and Lenovo hardware has been good to me over
>> the years. Machines are cheap to find on ebay/amazon, probably less than a
>> new Pi by the time you add all the parts.
>>
>> On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 9:46:42 AM UTC-8 vince wrote:
>>
>>> If I was starting clean 'today', I would probably just throw $125 at it
>>> and get one of those little beelink boxes amazon sells and toss linux on it.
>>>
>>> But to answer - currently on a 4GB pi4 to sd card for 2+ years with no
>>> issues.
>>>
>>> Stability issues on a pi are almost always bad power supply these days.
>>> I've never had a micro-sd fail on a pi3, 3+, 4, or pi5.  Never.   I did
>>> burn a 'lot' of big sd cards on the old modelB over the years but again
>>> that was related to either (a) cheapo cards or (b) cheapo power adaptors
>>> not on surge suppressors.  My one remaining modelB is still happily
>>> shooting my timelapse snaps for over a decade now.
>>>
>>> I do make one change to the pi setups to protect the sd card.  I mount
>>> some filesystems as tmpfs so the sd can't be hammered by log writes by
>>> appending this to /etc/stab
>>>
>>> # put logs and tmp dirs in ramdisk too ---
>>> tmpfs   /tmptmpfs
>>> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
>>> tmpfs   /var/logtmpfs
>>> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
>>> tmpfs   /var/tmptmpfs
>>> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
>>> #-
>>>
>>> Yes - if I reboot I lose the system logs.  But I basically never reboot.
>>>
>>> I might add that I do install rsyslog and the matching logrotate.d and
>>> rsyslog.d files from util/ to my v5 setup, so weewx logs to under
>>> /var/log/weewx in that tmpfs partition, so I just run debug=1 here because
>>> it's not going to touch the actual sd card.  Super stable.
>>>
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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

[Gábor Szabados]

Shamefully, running a bit old version of WeeWX, from 2019, on a Raspberry 
Pi Zero W, which has Raspbian and mainly default settings WeeWX. The same 
SD card since. The Pi operates in an interceptor way, it creates a hotspot 
for the weather station which sends all information to WU, WeeWX with 
Interceptor intercepts it, meanwhile the Pi connects to the local network 
by Wifi as well. A bit over complicated, but it was before the FineOffset 
clones were offering a custom URL option in their firmware.

It was a minimum budget project, still runs without any issues. (Knock on 
wood.)

Graham Knights a következőt írta (2024. február 23., péntek, 19:43:49 
UTC+1):

> I've been running weewx on a RPi 3B+ for just over 5 years, but after a 
> couple of other pi's died for various reasons (SD card being one of them), 
> I've moved it to a debian install on a VM in a Windows 10 Pro machine (runs 
> my automation server).  Hardware is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny which I 
> find perfect for running a couple of small linux VM's on it.  Low power, 
> tiny, quiet, and versatile, and Lenovo hardware has been good to me over 
> the years. Machines are cheap to find on ebay/amazon, probably less than a 
> new Pi by the time you add all the parts.
>
> On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 9:46:42 AM UTC-8 vince wrote:
>
>> If I was starting clean 'today', I would probably just throw $125 at it 
>> and get one of those little beelink boxes amazon sells and toss linux on it.
>>
>> But to answer - currently on a 4GB pi4 to sd card for 2+ years with no 
>> issues.
>>
>> Stability issues on a pi are almost always bad power supply these days. 
>>  I've never had a micro-sd fail on a pi3, 3+, 4, or pi5.  Never.   I did 
>> burn a 'lot' of big sd cards on the old modelB over the years but again 
>> that was related to either (a) cheapo cards or (b) cheapo power adaptors 
>> not on surge suppressors.  My one remaining modelB is still happily 
>> shooting my timelapse snaps for over a decade now.
>>
>> I do make one change to the pi setups to protect the sd card.  I mount 
>> some filesystems as tmpfs so the sd can't be hammered by log writes by 
>> appending this to /etc/stab
>>
>> # put logs and tmp dirs in ramdisk too ---
>> tmpfs   /tmptmpfs   
>> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
>> tmpfs   /var/logtmpfs   
>> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
>> tmpfs   /var/tmptmpfs   
>> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
>> #-
>>
>> Yes - if I reboot I lose the system logs.  But I basically never reboot.
>>
>> I might add that I do install rsyslog and the matching logrotate.d and 
>> rsyslog.d files from util/ to my v5 setup, so weewx logs to under 
>> /var/log/weewx in that tmpfs partition, so I just run debug=1 here because 
>> it's not going to touch the actual sd card.  Super stable.
>>
>>

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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

[Graham Knights]

I've been running weewx on a RPi 3B+ for just over 5 years, but after a 
couple of other pi's died for various reasons (SD card being one of them), 
I've moved it to a debian install on a VM in a Windows 10 Pro machine (runs 
my automation server).  Hardware is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny which I 
find perfect for running a couple of small linux VM's on it.  Low power, 
tiny, quiet, and versatile, and Lenovo hardware has been good to me over 
the years. Machines are cheap to find on ebay/amazon, probably less than a 
new Pi by the time you add all the parts.

On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 9:46:42 AM UTC-8 vince wrote:

> If I was starting clean 'today', I would probably just throw $125 at it 
> and get one of those little beelink boxes amazon sells and toss linux on it.
>
> But to answer - currently on a 4GB pi4 to sd card for 2+ years with no 
> issues.
>
> Stability issues on a pi are almost always bad power supply these days. 
>  I've never had a micro-sd fail on a pi3, 3+, 4, or pi5.  Never.   I did 
> burn a 'lot' of big sd cards on the old modelB over the years but again 
> that was related to either (a) cheapo cards or (b) cheapo power adaptors 
> not on surge suppressors.  My one remaining modelB is still happily 
> shooting my timelapse snaps for over a decade now.
>
> I do make one change to the pi setups to protect the sd card.  I mount 
> some filesystems as tmpfs so the sd can't be hammered by log writes by 
> appending this to /etc/stab
>
> # put logs and tmp dirs in ramdisk too ---
> tmpfs   /tmptmpfs   
> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
> tmpfs   /var/logtmpfs   
> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
> tmpfs   /var/tmptmpfs   
> defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
> #-
>
> Yes - if I reboot I lose the system logs.  But I basically never reboot.
>
> I might add that I do install rsyslog and the matching logrotate.d and 
> rsyslog.d files from util/ to my v5 setup, so weewx logs to under 
> /var/log/weewx in that tmpfs partition, so I just run debug=1 here because 
> it's not going to touch the actual sd card.  Super stable.
>
>

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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

[vince]

If I was starting clean 'today', I would probably just throw $125 at it and 
get one of those little beelink boxes amazon sells and toss linux on it.

But to answer - currently on a 4GB pi4 to sd card for 2+ years with no 
issues.

Stability issues on a pi are almost always bad power supply these days. 
 I've never had a micro-sd fail on a pi3, 3+, 4, or pi5.  Never.   I did 
burn a 'lot' of big sd cards on the old modelB over the years but again 
that was related to either (a) cheapo cards or (b) cheapo power adaptors 
not on surge suppressors.  My one remaining modelB is still happily 
shooting my timelapse snaps for over a decade now.

I do make one change to the pi setups to protect the sd card.  I mount some 
filesystems as tmpfs so the sd can't be hammered by log writes by appending 
this to /etc/stab

# put logs and tmp dirs in ramdisk too ---
tmpfs   /tmptmpfs   
defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
tmpfs   /var/logtmpfs   
defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
tmpfs   /var/tmptmpfs   
defaults,nosuid,mode=0755,nodev,noatime   0   0
#-

Yes - if I reboot I lose the system logs.  But I basically never reboot.

I might add that I do install rsyslog and the matching logrotate.d and 
rsyslog.d files from util/ to my v5 setup, so weewx logs to under 
/var/log/weewx in that tmpfs partition, so I just run debug=1 here because 
it's not going to touch the actual sd card.  Super stable.

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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

[p q]

Raspberry pi 3b with nothing more than the standard SD card. Running with
no problems for more than 6 years. I do have a 2hr battery backup so it's
only been down less than once a year.

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 6:57 AM Pierre-Yves  wrote:

> My setup:
>
> RPi4-2GB
> Argon-one-M2 case (
> https://argon40.com/products/argon-one-m-2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4)
> Liteon 16GB M.2 2242 SSD
> RTC module integrated into the housing
> Homemade ~ 2hrs UPS (5.2 V, 2.5 A)
> Bresser WSX3001 (7in1), user.sdr driver
> BME280 + AS3935 extensions connected to i2c port
>
> It has been working without problems for 2 years.
> A small SSD capacity (16 GB) makes easier regular full disk image backups.
> Not sure that a UPS is essential since the Argon-one restarts
> automatically after a power outage (POs very infrequent and always of short
> duration).
>
> PYB
>
> Le vendredi 23 février 2024 à 15:44:08 UTC+1, Warren Gill a écrit :
>
>> I have been running weewx on a (now discontinued) Odroid HC2
>> https://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-hc2 for several years now,
>> connected to a Vantage Envoy, that collects data from the Vantage Pro .
>> Since it can move its all but the initial uBoot code to SSD it's been super
>> reliable. I would choose Odroid again... the XU4 uses eMMC, or a Lenovo
>> Tiny PC and also use it for Home Assistant and other automation tasks.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 12:25 AM 'michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user <
>> weewx...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm curious what hardware you are running WeeWX on, and your experience
>>> with it. So, this is not about the weather station and the sensors, but the
>>> device which is running the service. The reason I ask this here, is because
>>> the issues I experienced with my hardware might be related to weewx and
>>> writing it's logs, and we all know the first rule for posting a question
>>> here :D
>>>
>>> Since my first WeeWX installation in 2015, I've been using every
>>> generation of the RaspberryPi B, except for the 5th. But looking back it,
>>> has sometimes has been a royal PITA. It's not that I consider the Pi being
>>> bad at all, but I've been having issues with whatever storage I've been
>>> using. SD-Cards were a total disaster, USB flash drives were slightly
>>> better, USB attached SSDs, at least, lasted more than two years before
>>> being attached to the Pi killed them. The only type that didn't fail so
>>> far, was a NFS provided by a QNAP NAS, but this Kind of setup is a bit
>>> complex to maintain, and starting the NAS over, means quite a bit of
>>> downtime for the Pi also.
>>>
>>> The Pi never was intended to be a server running 24/7, considering this,
>>> it's success in being used as such, is beyond imagination. Anyway, my
>>> experience for the Pi being a storage killer, doesn't seem to be uncommon.
>>> It's original intention was satisfied: I learned a lot about how not to
>>> lose data with unreliable hardware. Since 2015, my database isn't missing
>>> more than one archive value a day in average and the longest gap is about
>>> two hours back in early 2016, using the standard interval of 5 minutes.
>>>
>>> What hardware are you using, what is your experience?
>>> Can you suggest hardware with low power consumption as a requirement?
>>> What about the newest generation, like Intel n100 based systems?
>>>
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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

[Pierre-Yves]

My setup:

RPi4-2GB
Argon-one-M2 case (
https://argon40.com/products/argon-one-m-2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4)
Liteon 16GB M.2 2242 SSD
RTC module integrated into the housing
Homemade ~ 2hrs UPS (5.2 V, 2.5 A)
Bresser WSX3001 (7in1), user.sdr driver
BME280 + AS3935 extensions connected to i2c port

It has been working without problems for 2 years.
A small SSD capacity (16 GB) makes easier regular full disk image backups.
Not sure that a UPS is essential since the Argon-one restarts automatically 
after a power outage (POs very infrequent and always of short duration).

PYB

Le vendredi 23 février 2024 à 15:44:08 UTC+1, Warren Gill a écrit :

> I have been running weewx on a (now discontinued) Odroid HC2 
> https://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-hc2 for several years now, 
> connected to a Vantage Envoy, that collects data from the Vantage Pro . 
> Since it can move its all but the initial uBoot code to SSD it's been super 
> reliable. I would choose Odroid again... the XU4 uses eMMC, or a Lenovo 
> Tiny PC and also use it for Home Assistant and other automation tasks.
>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 12:25 AM 'michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user <
> weewx...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm curious what hardware you are running WeeWX on, and your experience 
>> with it. So, this is not about the weather station and the sensors, but the 
>> device which is running the service. The reason I ask this here, is because 
>> the issues I experienced with my hardware might be related to weewx and 
>> writing it's logs, and we all know the first rule for posting a question 
>> here :D
>>
>> Since my first WeeWX installation in 2015, I've been using every 
>> generation of the RaspberryPi B, except for the 5th. But looking back it, 
>> has sometimes has been a royal PITA. It's not that I consider the Pi being 
>> bad at all, but I've been having issues with whatever storage I've been 
>> using. SD-Cards were a total disaster, USB flash drives were slightly 
>> better, USB attached SSDs, at least, lasted more than two years before 
>> being attached to the Pi killed them. The only type that didn't fail so 
>> far, was a NFS provided by a QNAP NAS, but this Kind of setup is a bit 
>> complex to maintain, and starting the NAS over, means quite a bit of 
>> downtime for the Pi also.
>>
>> The Pi never was intended to be a server running 24/7, considering this, 
>> it's success in being used as such, is beyond imagination. Anyway, my 
>> experience for the Pi being a storage killer, doesn't seem to be uncommon. 
>> It's original intention was satisfied: I learned a lot about how not to 
>> lose data with unreliable hardware. Since 2015, my database isn't missing 
>> more than one archive value a day in average and the longest gap is about 
>> two hours back in early 2016, using the standard interval of 5 minutes.
>>
>> What hardware are you using, what is your experience?
>> Can you suggest hardware with low power consumption as a requirement?
>> What about the newest generation, like Intel n100 based systems? 
>>
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Re: [weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

[Warren Gill]

I have been running weewx on a (now discontinued) Odroid HC2
https://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-hc2 for several years now, connected
to a Vantage Envoy, that collects data from the Vantage Pro . Since it can
move its all but the initial uBoot code to SSD it's been super reliable. I
would choose Odroid again... the XU4 uses eMMC, or a Lenovo Tiny PC and
also use it for Home Assistant and other automation tasks.

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 12:25 AM 'michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user <
weewx-user@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> I'm curious what hardware you are running WeeWX on, and your experience
> with it. So, this is not about the weather station and the sensors, but the
> device which is running the service. The reason I ask this here, is because
> the issues I experienced with my hardware might be related to weewx and
> writing it's logs, and we all know the first rule for posting a question
> here :D
>
> Since my first WeeWX installation in 2015, I've been using every
> generation of the RaspberryPi B, except for the 5th. But looking back it,
> has sometimes has been a royal PITA. It's not that I consider the Pi being
> bad at all, but I've been having issues with whatever storage I've been
> using. SD-Cards were a total disaster, USB flash drives were slightly
> better, USB attached SSDs, at least, lasted more than two years before
> being attached to the Pi killed them. The only type that didn't fail so
> far, was a NFS provided by a QNAP NAS, but this Kind of setup is a bit
> complex to maintain, and starting the NAS over, means quite a bit of
> downtime for the Pi also.
>
> The Pi never was intended to be a server running 24/7, considering this,
> it's success in being used as such, is beyond imagination. Anyway, my
> experience for the Pi being a storage killer, doesn't seem to be uncommon.
> It's original intention was satisfied: I learned a lot about how not to
> lose data with unreliable hardware. Since 2015, my database isn't missing
> more than one archive value a day in average and the longest gap is about
> two hours back in early 2016, using the standard interval of 5 minutes.
>
> What hardware are you using, what is your experience?
> Can you suggest hardware with low power consumption as a requirement?
> What about the newest generation, like Intel n100 based systems?
>
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[weewx-user] Your hardware experience (for running WeeWX, the service)

['michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user]

I'm curious what hardware you are running WeeWX on, and your experience 
with it. So, this is not about the weather station and the sensors, but the 
device which is running the service. The reason I ask this here, is because 
the issues I experienced with my hardware might be related to weewx and 
writing it's logs, and we all know the first rule for posting a question 
here :D

Since my first WeeWX installation in 2015, I've been using every generation 
of the RaspberryPi B, except for the 5th. But looking back it, has 
sometimes has been a royal PITA. It's not that I consider the Pi being bad 
at all, but I've been having issues with whatever storage I've been using. 
SD-Cards were a total disaster, USB flash drives were slightly better, USB 
attached SSDs, at least, lasted more than two years before being attached 
to the Pi killed them. The only type that didn't fail so far, was a NFS 
provided by a QNAP NAS, but this Kind of setup is a bit complex to 
maintain, and starting the NAS over, means quite a bit of downtime for the 
Pi also.

The Pi never was intended to be a server running 24/7, considering this, 
it's success in being used as such, is beyond imagination. Anyway, my 
experience for the Pi being a storage killer, doesn't seem to be uncommon. 
It's original intention was satisfied: I learned a lot about how not to 
lose data with unreliable hardware. Since 2015, my database isn't missing 
more than one archive value a day in average and the longest gap is about 
two hours back in early 2016, using the standard interval of 5 minutes.

What hardware are you using, what is your experience?
Can you suggest hardware with low power consumption as a requirement?
What about the newest generation, like Intel n100 based systems? 

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