Uau! Nearly 10 years. Can you share with us which ups did you use? I tried, some years ago, to run a weewx installation on my raspberry but abandoned it because of the microcuts of supply. Many thanks and congrats for this awesome piece of software! Ferran
El dia diumenge, 1 de setembre del 2024 a les 21:23:51 UTC+2, Tom Keffer va escriure: > Almost 10 years ago I started an experiment on how long an SD card can > last in the WeeWX environment. You can see the environment here > <https://www.threefools.org/weewx/status/index.html>. > > When the experiment started, Squeeze (Debian 6) on an RPi B+ was state of > the art. We've now gone on through 4 new generations of Pi's, and 6 > generations of Debian. > > I'm finally bringing the experiment to a halt today, just short of its > 10th anniversary, not because the card failed, but because the version of > ssh it uses is so obsolete that my cloud server refuses to accept a > connection any longer. > > I could install the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, but I'd like that > corner of my desk back. > > Conclusion? There is no reason not use an SD card as your primary storage > if you do the following: > > - Get a good one. I used a SanDisk Extreme Plus, which is still > available. > - Buy a big one so the wear-leveling algorithm has lots of space to > work with. > - Use a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). This cuts down on > electrical transients. > - Run a backup! > > -tk > -- 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/e3ad6455-b010-40d3-9236-e1ebcd6d1a9an%40googlegroups.com.
