Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

Another "paradigm" worth considering is a used or refurbished microPC. All the bits and pieces to assemble a running raspberry pi 4 could be $100+, if you can even find one to buy. Staples is selling a "Dell OptiPlex 7050 Micro Refurbished Desktop Computer - Intel Core i5-6400T - 256 GB SSD -

Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

On Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 2:02:52 p.m. UTC-4 pa...@pauland.net wrote: > ... > Also given the price of SSD drives these days an option is not to use a > Micro SD-Memory-Card, rather use a SATA to USB Cable Adapter along with a > Sata SSD. > I'm booting an RPi4 off a 16 SSD held in an alie

Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

Agree with Tom I believe that the problem is perceived to be worse than it actually is. There is a WeeWX Wiki article on ways to reduce the number of writes to your card; Reduce the number of writes for SD cards or SSDs

Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

Thank you all for your clarifications Le dimanche 20 novembre 2022 à 03:06:28 UTC+1, vince...@gmail.com a écrit : > On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 3:35:55 PM UTC-8 Graham Eddy wrote: > >> it will be interesting to see on tom’s forever machine which expires >> first - a critical RPI component

Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 3:35:55 PM UTC-8 Graham Eddy wrote: > it will be interesting to see on tom’s forever machine which expires > first - a critical RPI component or the SD’s pool of spare blocks > > I have a couple model-B that have run over 10 years now, albeit with a couple SD c

Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

writing log is just sequential; not sure if sqlite3 hits some critical, core database blocks over & over but weewx essentially writes sequentially into tables. it will be interesting to see on tom’s forever machine which expires first - a critical RPI component or the SD’s pool of spare blocks

Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

PC writes: > According to your experience, what is the average lifespan of the µSD card > in a PI. I think for example of the images which are crushed every 5 > minutes, which causes, as you know, premature wear. > Can we imagine a paradigm shift: I am only a self-taught programmer, but > pe

Re: [weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

I think the lifespan is much longer than you think. In 2014 I started an experiment to see how long a card could last. Now, nearly 8 years later, it is still going strong: https://www.threefools.org/weewx/status/ On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 1:49 AM PC wrote: > Hello, > > According to your experience

[weewx-development] What is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI, and why not another paradigm?

Hello, According to your experience, what is the average lifespan of the µSD card in a PI. I think for example of the images which are crushed every 5 minutes, which causes, as you know, premature wear. Can we imagine a paradigm shift: I am only a self-taught programmer, but personally, depe