" running any weewx instances natively as pip installs" Que? On Friday, 6 December 2024 at 16:59:59 UTC vince wrote:
> I'd skip the 5th generation NUC with 4GB that you mentioned. That's > ancient by now. > > I have 4th generation i5 (mid-2014) and 8th generation i3 (early-2019) > NUCs and they are both fine boxes. The i3 runs all my docker containers > and is available for vagrant/VirtualBox VMs when I need that, and is > actually faster than the older i5. Excellent little boxes that 'far' > exceed my compute needs. > > I would agree however that one of those little Beelink n100 boxes for a > little more money is what I'd do today if I needed a small x86_64 system. > > But..... > > One 4 GB raspberry pi4 with a good micro-SD card is 'easily' fast enough > to run two instances of weewx with a variety of skins and extensions. > Mine's been working fine for multiple years. The pi4 to me is the weewx > sweet spot if you need a very low power system at a low cost without > worrying about needing a fan. > > I would also highly recommend running any weewx instances natively as pip > installs rather than using VMs. No need to dockerize. No need to build > and support VMs. Just run raspios 'lite' and do a couple pip > installations. Super easy and reliable. Works perfectly on a pi4 without > any fan. > > On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 8:15:50 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> I have not used that particular device. >> I do run two WeeWX instances on a similar machine using Proxmox. Zero >> issues. >> Unless you need VirtualBox, take a look at Proxmox. >> >> On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 8:48:41 AM UTC-5 Auchtermuchty Weather >> wrote: >> >>> I'm thinking of getting a refurbished one on Ebay (5th generation) to >>> replace the mid-tower PC I'm currently using, which has an AMD A8-5600K. >>> >>> The NUC has 4GB RAM, the PC 8GB. Enough RAM? I could get one with an Intel >>> Core i3 7th Gen. and 8GB RAM for not a vast amount of ££ more. >>> >>> My plan is to use Debian 12 and VirtualBox plus a couple of VMs each >>> running WeeWx - my weather station has a GW1000 so is a network device, not >>> a USB one. >>> >>> Has anyone used one of these? >>> >> -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/44322d49-e764-423d-a26d-40c606dadcd0n%40googlegroups.com.
