I've been using an Intel NUC 5i5RYK running Ubuntu for many years to
host WeeWx. Absolutely problem free.
On 06-Dec-24 12:57, '[email protected]' via weewx-user wrote:
Yes, definitely! Installing WeeWX the pip way is so easy and smooth,
just do it. Without any USB connected devices, this is even more true
(although it's not hard with USB device either).
For the hardware: I am really, really happy with my zotac zbox n100
https://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/zbox-ci337-nano-barebone a
fanless beauty, absolutely silent, drawing barely 10W in average,
having about 10x the computing power compared to a rPi4.
vince schrieb am Freitag, 6. Dezember 2024 um 19:27:15 UTC+1:
Install raspi os lite. Follow the pip installation quickstart
instructions. Try it.
On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 10:08:51 AM UTC-8 Auchtermuchty
Weather wrote:
" 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?
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