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
>

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