[Dxspider-support] Raspberry Pi DXSpider Node

[David Spoelstra]

I've been running my node on a Pi since about a month after they came
out with no problems at all.  It also serves up my media and is my
file server and I never have any problems with resources.
-David, N9KT


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Bill Shell <n6ws at n6ws.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> The computer at W6RFU failed last week.  To get it back in service and as a
> temporary measure, we installed a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian OS and
> DXSpider.  I was a little worried about the loading on the system since I
> have only used a Raspberry Pi for my N6WS-2 node that has never had more
> than 3 users.  I was especially concerned about the Raspberry Pi system
> loading with this being the weekend of the 160m Contest, the BARTG Sprint,
> and the first day of FT5ZM.  The system is operating with 37 users,
> connected to three other nodes, and it seems to be working fine.  The CPU
> loading is hovering around 10% and only about 50% of the RAM is used.  The
> CPU resources do make it up to an average of 17% over a 5 Sec average during
> high peaks.  I also have all debugging turned off just to conserve on
> resources.
>
> %Cpu(s): 17.1
>
> sysop at ucsbdx ~ $ df -h
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> rootfs           15G  2.2G   12G  15% /
> /dev/root        15G  2.2G   12G  15% /
> devtmpfs        235M     0  235M   0% /dev
> tmpfs            49M  204K   49M   1% /run
> tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
> tmpfs            98M     0   98M   0% /run/shm
> /dev/mmcblk0p1   56M   19M   38M  34% /boot
>
> sysop at ucsbdx ~ $ free -h
>              total       used       free     shared buffers     cached
> Mem:          485M       242M       242M         0B 68M       115M
> -/+ buffers/cache:        58M       427M
> Swap:          99M         0B        99M
> sysop at ucsbdx ~ $
>
> I am monitoring the output of W6RFU compared to a few other adjacent nodes,
> and there is no perceivable delays in sending of spots to users or passing
> data to other nodes.
>
> Is anyone else using DXSpider on a Raspberry Pi with comparable loading, and
> are you running into any problems?  The W6RFU installation was temporary to
> get it back into service, but from what I am seeing of today's performance,
> it may become permanent. Anyone have any comments or recommendations that
> may change my mind?
>
> TU es 73,
> Bill
> N6WS
>
>
>
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