Mike, You mentioned up above that you do a nightly backup to AWS S3 for the database. Can you show us how that was accomplished? (I followed your instructions on how to upload my weather data to S3, and it has worked perfectly. Thanks) Lee
On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 2:29:38 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > This was on of my main concerns when I first moved my WeeWX station to a > Raspberry Pi, so I have added a nightly backup to AWS S3 for the database > and as S3 now has versioning that will be my next addition so I have more > than one backup . > > I haven't gotten around to writing this up yet, but it has been working > uninterrupted for 213 days. > > If you want to know how I did it just reach out, the process is very > similar to my solution for publishing to S3 which I have just finished > writing up this week > > On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 8:35:37 PM UTC [email protected] > wrote: > >> @ (not only) weatherlist >> >> If you had copied the list completely, .... 😉 >> >> See below - bold by me. >> >> (but possibly a SSD comes cheaper than the higher capacity SLC micro SD >> cards - still may need an enclosure with USB (best 3) interface; not too >> expensive either) >> >> ..... >> >> Meteobridge enforces the use of one of the following industrial SLC cards: >> >> ...... >> >> - Western Digital/SanDisk SDSDQED-00*8G*-XI, SDSDQED-0*16G*-XI, >> SDSDQED-0*32G*-XI, SDSDQED-064G-XI (microSD Card, 8-*64* GB, SLC >> Flash) >> - Greenliant GLS93MP008G1-I-BZ801 (microSD Card, *8 GB*, SLC Flash) >> >> On 01.01.2021 20:44, Michael Form wrote: >> >> As someone has previously suggested, you can boot and run a Raspberry Pi >> off of a SSD. These are a lot more reliable than most SD cards and are >> available with huge capacities. Unless you are buying a 1 TB or 2 TB SSD, >> they are also relatively inexpensive. I am running several Pis, both models >> 3 and 4, on some 500 GB and 250 GB SSDs with no problems. You can also use >> a MSATA or M2 drive as well. >> >> Although there are off the shelf solutions to do this (check out >> Geekworm), the easiest way is to buy an inexpensive SATA, MSATA or M2 to >> USB external interface and plug it into the Pi's USB port. If you use a >> Pi4, then you can run it as a USB3 device, which is faster. >> >> Mike >> >> On 1/1/2021 2:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> There are more SLC cards available from Mouser and other distributors >> with much lager capacities. Those quoted below would struggle to contain an >> operating system, WeeWX and data. >> >> >> >> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for >> Windows 10 >> >> >> >> *From: *weather list >> *Sent: *01 January 2021 17:32 >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Subject: *Re: [weewx-user] Re: Corrupted Memory card. Now I lost 6 >> months of data? >> >> >> >> The Meteobridge builder requires a high endurance microSD card for their >> NANO SD unit; I haven’t investigated to see if they come in higher >> capacities though it seems likely they would. >> >> >> >> *Choice of microSD Card * >> >> To avoid lots of system fails caused by worn out consumer microSD cards >> we restrict microSD cards that can be used in the NANO to 1GB and 2GB >> industrial SLC cards. These are world-wide available from Mouser and other >> electronic distributors. We decided to enforce use of these high endurance >> cards to avoid having tons of unnecessary support requests and not to harm >> the reputation of the NANO SD by failed cards. Please trust in our >> experience with flash storage issues that there is simply no reasonable way >> to avoid buying of high-price, high-endurance SLC storage. These are the >> currently supported microSD cards: >> >> swissbit SFSD1024N1BM1TO-I-DF-221-STD (microSD Card, 1 GB, SLC Flash, >> -40°C - 85°C) >> swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1MT-I-ME-221-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, >> -40°C - 85°C) >> >> swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1MT-E-ME-221-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, >> -25°C - 85°C) >> ATP AF2GUDI (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C – 80°C) >> Cactus KS2GRIT-803M (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -45°C – 90°C) >> >> Panasonic SMSC02DA1 (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C) >> >> Apacer MSD02GIDI-T (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash) >> >> >> >> >> >> On 1 Jan, 2021, at 08:52, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Sandisk extreme with the red and brown two tone color. Unfortuantely, I >> did not have one of these in the PI at the time. Though I do now. I've >> never had one fail . >> >> On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:23:04 PM UTC-6 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >> With all this talk about "good quality" SD cards, can anyone share a >> recommendation? >> >> >> >> I have an SSD that I run my main WeeWX/HomeAssistant server on, but I >> have several others that I play around with, and need to get some new SD >> cards for that purpose, so I figure I may as well get some "good" ones. >> >> >> >> Thanks for any suggestions. >> >> >> >> On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 4:36:23 AM UTC-8 Joe wrote: >> >> Ok I will get a look at it in about a week after a needed vacation. >> >> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 8:38:26 PM UTC-6 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >> the .html timestamps are all current (assuming Dec 27 19:50 is current). >> >> the .png timestamps are current until middle of the month images, then >> all old → stopping part way through image generation. >> >> some of the .png timestamps are very late in the 5 minute reporting >> period → maybe not finishing one report before starting the next. >> >> you will need to look at (post here) the detailed log showing from before >> the start of report generation until past the end of completion of report >> generation to see if there is overlap. >> >> or maybe the image generator is crashing part-way → ditto for need to see >> detailed logs >> >> >> >> On 28 Dec 2020, at 12:54 pm, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7357 Dec 27 19:51 daywind.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6148 Dec 27 19:51 daywindvec.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1150 Dec 27 19:46 favicon.ico >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 25 20:53 font >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7315 Dec 27 19:51 '#FTP.last' >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25919 Dec 27 19:50 index.html >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 564 Dec 27 19:46 mobile.css >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2413 Dec 27 19:50 mobile.html >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7606 Dec 25 20:48 monthbarometer.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11985 Dec 27 19:50 month.html >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7135 Dec 25 20:48 monthhumidity.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6519 Dec 25 20:53 monthhum.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8204 Dec 25 20:51 monthinside.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5436 Dec 25 20:51 monthpond.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7674 Dec 25 20:51 monthradiation.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6976 Dec 25 20:48 monthrain.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7324 Dec 25 20:51 monthrx.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9045 Dec 25 20:48 monthtempchill.png >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9280 Dec 25 20:48 monthtempdew.png >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3efb56ad-5b36-4530-a492-d22f8ae0e1e1n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3efb56ad-5b36-4530-a492-d22f8ae0e1e1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9D53803F-2DA9-4AD9-9AFE-B154AB984065%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9D53803F-2DA9-4AD9-9AFE-B154AB984065%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/C5730ACE-3052-4D5D-B93A-DDF569033F1E%40hxcore.ol >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/C5730ACE-3052-4D5D-B93A-DDF569033F1E%40hxcore.ol?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0997bb38-d65f-822a-998f-d8f2f45f4779%40verizon.net >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0997bb38-d65f-822a-998f-d8f2f45f4779%40verizon.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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