That is the next thing I plan to document, but at the moment I just do a file copy and am converting that to a SQLite backup and I am also planning to take advantage of S3 versioning so I have more than 1 copy
On Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 11:16:10 PM UTC LeaF wrote: > 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 mi...@cougar.eu.com 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 lang....@googlemail.com >> 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, steep...@gmail.com 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: *weewx...@googlegroups.com >>> *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 <my.droid....@gmail.com> 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 robcr...@gmail.com >>> 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 graha...@gmail.com >>> 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 <my.droid....@gmail.com> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> 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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