One v5 change that makes it easier to run multiple instances is that all station data has now been cleanly separated from the "code." So you can put skins, configuration files, and even extensions in a separate place for each station. That makes it a lot easier to keep track of what instance is using which configuration file and skin.
As far as compute power is concerned, unless you're running some very intensive reports, I would think an RPi 4 would have no trouble running 3 instances. I run 3 instances on a 15 year old fit-PC with 512MB of memory and a 32-bit AMC Geode processor running at 500 MHz and it has no problem. On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 6:08 PM DR <wxe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have three different RaspPi units running WeeWx from some of my > stations (like most with this hobby, some obsessions like more than one > seems somewhat common). > > I know it has been said that neither WeeWx was designed to do, nor is > easy to accomplish, multiple instances running on a single RaspPi. > > I also just heard that there is a new version of Rasp Pi coming, a 5, > sometimes towards the end of the year, with between 2 and 4 times the > computing ability of the Pi4. 4 is no slouch, and runs fine, but Ihave > three of them sitting on the shelf doing their solitary thing. > > I have my versions pretty well tweaked, but still have a lot of work to > do for my attempt at a very simple driver, I am dreaming of maybe a nice > end-of-year present of a new RaspPi 5 and WeeWx 5, and having all the > stations running off one computer. > > > Are any of the changes to the upcoming WeeWx 5 likely making it easier > to run it in what I call multiple instances (probably the wrong use of > the word) on the same computer? > > Dale > > -- > 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/54e82588-e484-403f-9556-303e03d402d7%40gmail.com > . > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEDtWTGMixBc79dS2aDiJ7Au9r4hA6s6wS5v_16SXduRQw%40mail.gmail.com.
