Domoticz

Hello everyone. I'm running domoticz on a raspberry pi since around 1 year.

Today, it crashed again for the sixth time and I'm really fed up to configure everything once again ...

Do you have a better solution than using a raspberry pi for domoticz ?

Thanks.

johnny1118 wrote: ↑Wednesday 20 November 2019 9:54 Hello everyone. I'm running domoticz on a raspberry pi since around 1 year.
Today, it crashed again for the sixth time and I'm really fed up to configure everything once again ...
Do you have a better solution than using a raspberry pi for domoticz ?

There are a number of alternatives. NUC, Desktop, Synology to name a few. They all have in common that they are much more expensive then the PI solution.

The Raspberry pi itself is quite stable. The issues reported are mostly about corrupted SD cards, insufficient / unstable power from adapters and software (including OS modules) incompatibility.
What is causing your crashes ?

I'm running Domoticz virtualized in Proxmox on a Intel Nuc.
Since the move from a Pi to that I hadn't had a single issue. The system is rock solid and lightning fast.
Virtualizing also gives the advantage of easy full system backups. If my Nuc dies I could easily boot a laptop with Proxmox and restore the image as temp solution.

I agree with NUC. The entry-level Celeron one is more than enough for Domoticz and not that expensive. By the time you get a case and PSU for a Pi it also adds up. Advantage is a real SSD instead of SD and also you can run a real OS like Ubuntu instead of e.g. Synology which has a very basic stripped Linux.