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? 
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