[arm-allstar] Overkill Controller Setup

[Darrell Black]

I am about 3 1/2 years into a repeater controller without an SD card problem. Of course I have a secondary taped to the top of the pi hoping never to use it. At the same time I’ve gone through three wall warts. I’m now building a POE rack in in hopes that I get better and more reliable power.


Darrell - 73 de W8DSB

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> On Dec 24, 2021, at 00:18, David McGough via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Certainly, you can manually configure the HamVoIP installation to boot 
> from an SSD drive.  Personally, with the money for the SSD, I would spend 
> that money on a robust power solution instead.
> 
> I've run into an assortment of hams who are just convinced that SD cards
> are unreliable---I've stopped trying to convince them otherwise.  My one
> comment has been that if you're buying quality SD cards and continually
> having failures, whatever is causing those failures will probably also
> cause the SSD drive to fail, too.  Remember: if at all possible, just like 
> for any Linux system, perform a proper powerdown, if possible.
> 
> I've still had *NO* SD card failures at all, even on systems I very
> heavily use, like my development boards and on hard to access repeaters.  
> Several of these repeaters are now reaching 2 years since the last RPi3
> reboot!  I've got about 60 RPi4B boards now co-located in my "Pi Farm."  
> No SD card failures at all.  Absolutely perfect performance.
> 
> I'm using these DC-DC converters to provide the 5V power to the RPi3/RPi4
> boards:   https://www.ebay.com/itm/223524573272
> 
> And, these SD cards:   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MR6K8PD
> 
> 
> Note that these prices are about 50% higher now than last year...GRRRRR  
> At least they're in stock.
> 
> 
> Merry Christmas!
> 
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
>> On Thu, 23 Dec 2021, "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>> 
>> I'm planning on putting up a repeater using two mobile radios and a Pi with
>> Hamvoip and a RIM-Lite Maxtrac-RM interface. I know Hamvoip is designed to
>> be used with micro SD cards with limited writes to the card itself, but
>> would there be any harm in taking it a step further and using a case that
>> utilizes a M.2 SSD instead to guarantee reliability? I know it's way
>> overkill, but is there anything that will be affected other than my pocket
>> by doing this? I have a non-ham setup using a Pi 4 with an Argon ONE case
>> and M.2 SSD running Windows 10 that has been working flawless since
>> installed.
>> 
>> Mike
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