Subj : Re: Digital Radio Amateur Rado - RPi Reliability
To   : N1uro
From : k9zw
Date : Wed May 19 2021 07:01 am

 N1> While I have several RPi units (that mainly stay in the original shipping
 N1> box) I've just seen way way too many cases where they simply do not hold
 N1> up. One guy in 9 land I know went through so many when he tallied up how
 N1> much he kept spending on replacements he finally broke down and got a
 N1> nice dell SFF PC for less than he spend on replacement Pis. 

Any idea what the mode of failure has been?

I've broke two - hamfisted one trying to get it back out of a poorly designed
case.  It still works but I broke the camera connector,  Another  one I think
succumbed to static losing its WiFi chip which again is more Operator Error
than anything else.

But I've also run a Pi Based VPN as backup for about five years, and have
lots of other projects that have worked long term.  

It does pay to note that not all RPis are equal, as there are a number of
builders.  Since the whole RPi project orbits around an accessible prince
point perhaps the economization of a manufacturer looking to save product
costs might not work out so well?

Certainly would think twice about using one for a mission-critical purpose. 
There are upgraded versions and other SBC that might be more appropriate.  

Another of my RPi projects migrated the same way as this guy's did, but
because of difficulties with the RPi supporting certain SSD hardware (current
draw appears to exceed what the RPi will allow) so the project moved to a
deskbook running Win10.

73

Steve
K9ZW

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