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 <pyb...@gmail.com> 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? >>> >>> -- >>> 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/69220248-dd7a-4e8a-a7bb-f3251017e0f5n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/69220248-dd7a-4e8a-a7bb-f3251017e0f5n%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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b634ba6d-0b05-42fe-a16e-19736aa34dfcn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b634ba6d-0b05-42fe-a16e-19736aa34dfcn%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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAA1SM20K9uefjGK9tGkDENhHAm6-cAnnDL-hcpAoeQEhA6mHxg%40mail.gmail.com.
