Agreed on the NUC units. Mine is bombproof. > On 6 Dec, 2024, at 17:33, paul bennett <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > 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] <mailto:[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 >> <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? >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ec15a371-57af-4f33-ae86-c1560bf397c6n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ec15a371-57af-4f33-ae86-c1560bf397c6n%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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/02de6390-33d9-4bb4-ab8f-e0cc01696c69%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/02de6390-33d9-4bb4-ab8f-e0cc01696c69%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
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