The corrupted SD card had me baffled for a while as randomly some binaries would get corrupted (like php, which would throw random errors, files of a Grafana install would end up in lost+found) - the cause?
Me, using a spare Apple iPhone charger (1A) to power the Pi - haven't had an adequate power supply around at that time..
As a rule, i use 5V PS with at least 2.5A with the Pis and (almost) never had issues like the Raspys complaining with that rainbow colored box (or "vcgencmd get_throttled")...
So, yes, getting a good power supply (well, one that can supply 2.5A++ - if these are really good (as in "noise free") is another matter, which i've discovered with my BirdNET-Pi now) is key for the longevity of your SD card!
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In my experience, i have only had 1 corrupted SD card yet - after running about 5 Pis any given time for a few years now, starting with a 2b iirc...
Running HA, Pi-Hole, OpenVPN, solaranzeige.de, piVCCU, piCorePlayer, BirdNET-Pi, OctoPi/Klipper (2x), Pi1541 etc...
No. single. failure. yet.
The corrupted SD card had me baffled for a while as randomly some binaries would get corrupted (like php, which would throw random errors, files of a Grafana install would end up in lost+found) - the cause?
Me, using a spare Apple iPhone charger (1A) to power the Pi - haven't had an adequate power supply around at that time..
As a rule, i use 5V PS with at least 2.5A with the Pis and (almost) never had issues like the Raspys complaining with that rainbow colored box (or "vcgencmd get_throttled")...
So, yes, getting a good power supply (well, one that can supply 2.5A++ - if these are really good (as in "noise free") is another matter, which i've discovered with my BirdNET-Pi now) is key for the longevity of your SD card!