Rock64 Long Term stability

[Rocklobster]

Hilariously I logged into today as I'm looking for some advice on (USB) hardware testing related to reliability https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=13393

I don't have a lot of uptime to give a definitive response but happy to share anecdotes.

I have one rock64 v2 board (Armbian) that's been up up for 4 months, with a docker container that was also up for 4 months (I finally updated the container a couple of days ago to get a new version of PiHole). I rely on this board for my DNS.

I have another board ayufan (see linked post above) - I think the longest uptime its had was 2 months.


Out of curiosity what OS/distro are you running? I definitely recommend Armbian https://www.armbian.com/rock64/ even though its not officially supported, its been great for me.

In terms of advice, definitely monitor temperature.

Armbian OS is probably the most stable of all. The only time I need to take the server down is for maintenance. It's running 24/7.