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How is RaspberryPi a long term, reliable solution? Its storage is prone to failure or errors.

by kumarvvr 4y ago

mavhc 4y ago
USB connected SSD
XzAeRosho 4y ago
We installed hundreds of RPi for energy monitoring in a huge project, and after 3 years of operation, we only had like 3 or 4 SD corruption errors which only killed the GUI, but the rest of the system kept chugging as usual (I wonder if there's a common bug in the OS, since the corruption errors killed only the GUI). I kept hearing that argument about the RPi, but in our experience, it's just not the case. We shipped a second batch with additional improvements a year ago (external SSD, external battery for UPS, and external WiFi or 3G/4G dongle), and we have been error free.
- aulin 4y ago
  All my RPis had some kind of corruption sooner or later. At some point we blamed the shitty sdcard, but it happens with the supposedly good ones too. With the shitty ones I had unrecoverable boot and fs corruptions. With the good ones it is more subtle, some library is corrupted, some python module fails import, you can fix it by reinstalling the failing component but it always leaves me with some anxiety to trust it for serious stuff.
  - nsteel 4y ago
    The other common thing to blame is your PSU. But regardless, things have moved on and for a reliable, serious system you can move the rootfs or ditch the SD card entirely and forget about this issue. Yes, I appreciate this is a more expensive solution. I guess not everyone got the memo else this thread wouldn't even exist. Maybe the foundation need to release a version without an SD card. That would force people to take note of the various other booting options.
    - aulin 4y ago
      It's more expensive but also sometimes impossible for space constraints. If you designed a product with the sdcard in mind it can't be difficult to make room for an external SSD.

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How is RaspberryPi a long term, reliable solution? Its storage is prone to failure or errors.

by kumarvvr 4y ago

How is RaspberryPi a long term, reliable solution? Its storage is prone to failure or errors.

mavhc 4y ago
USB connected SSD
XzAeRosho 4y ago
We installed hundreds of RPi for energy monitoring in a huge project, and after 3 years of operation, we only had like 3 or 4 SD corruption errors which only killed the GUI, but the rest of the system kept chugging as usual (I wonder if there's a common bug in the OS, since the corruption errors killed only the GUI). I kept hearing that argument about the RPi, but in our experience, it's just not the case. We shipped a second batch with additional improvements a year ago (external SSD, external battery for UPS, and external WiFi or 3G/4G dongle), and we have been error free.
- aulin 4y ago
  All my RPis had some kind of corruption sooner or later. At some point we blamed the shitty sdcard, but it happens with the supposedly good ones too. With the shitty ones I had unrecoverable boot and fs corruptions. With the good ones it is more subtle, some library is corrupted, some python module fails import, you can fix it by reinstalling the failing component but it always leaves me with some anxiety to trust it for serious stuff.
  - nsteel 4y ago
    The other common thing to blame is your PSU. But regardless, things have moved on and for a reliable, serious system you can move the rootfs or ditch the SD card entirely and forget about this issue. Yes, I appreciate this is a more expensive solution. I guess not everyone got the memo else this thread wouldn't even exist. Maybe the foundation need to release a version without an SD card. That would force people to take note of the various other booting options.
    - aulin 4y ago
      It's more expensive but also sometimes impossible for space constraints. If you designed a product with the sdcard in mind it can't be difficult to make room for an external SSD.