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systemd
log2ram
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Raspberry Pi 5
Reducing logging, logging to ram and writing to the sdcard once a day helps longevity a lot, especially with quality sd cards.
99% of the time it's the verbose logging of application servers that is the culprit of sdcard failures.
- Pihole Regular Maintenance and Performance
- Using old MicroSD on RPi for PiHole, any issues?
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Interesting M.2 devices for the HomeLabs
I always use this: https://github.com/azlux/log2ram
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My remote Pi for my ADSB is going bad
If you've got other issues then it's quite likely that lots of small writes from logging and similar has worn out the SD card, mounting the SD card as read only or installing log2ram could prevent it happening to another SD card.
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EsPiFF: An ESP32 in the Raspberry Pi form factor
> writing permanent its log files and swap partition
If this is the problem, the solutions are no swap and log2ram https://github.com/azlux/log2ram
I also noticed that Armbian logs to a ramdisk. I didn't investigate the implementation and if its contents survive a reboot.
The only real problems for me are that the SD card will eventually fail no matter what (I mean, much sooner than a SDD or HDD) and that there are basically no Pis at sale at a reasonable price. As a platform it is nearly dead.
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Can My I5 2300(12GB RAM) Server Handle This Workload
For Pi-hole, I have an Rpi Zero with $10 Usb-to-Ethernet adapter, SD-card barely written (with Log2Ram) to avoid wear. Running about 3 years now almost unattended (besides security updates).
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I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+
In addition to the other helpful suggestions you’ve received, look into using Log2Ram. It does what it sounds like, puts log writes in ram and then writes them to disk on a slower cadence that doesn’t work your SD card that much.
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Reduce disk writes for Ubuntu, save your USB stick
Log files are a bit trickier. I want these to stick around between reboots, so just storing them on a ramdisk wouldn't really work. Thankfully, log2ram solves this problem. Written primarily for Raspberry Pi machines, it works fine on x86-64 laptops. This stores /var/log in RAM but will sync the contents to disk from time to time, ideal for our needs.
- Dumb question….
What are some alternatives?
netctl - Profile based systemd network management
zram-init - A wrapper script for the zram linux kernel module with zsh and openrc support
asus-fan-control - Fan control for ASUS devices running Linux
docker-pi-hole - Pi-hole in a docker container
sbopkg - Slackbuilds.org Package Browser
DietPi - Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!
mg-troglobit.SlackBuild - A SlackBuild for Joachim Nilsson (troglobit)'s fork of OpenBSD Mg
yunohost - YunoHost is an operating system aiming to simplify as much as possible the administration of a server. This repository corresponds to the core code, written mostly in Python and Bash.
folder2ram - mount those folders to ram without losing access to their counterpart on disk!
rpi-clone - A shell script to clone a booted disk.
Technitium DNS Server - Technitium DNS Server
PiShrink - Make your pi images smaller!