RPI is a popular solution for unifi controller hosting. I’ve run a box with unifi+pihole continuously for about 2 years on PoE, never crashes or gives any maintenance headaches, if I do need to reboot everything always comes right up without any fuss.
Make sure that you're running a 64-bit OS. They use MongoDB for the unifi controller, and it simply disables the write ahead log on 32-bit Linux. This means it'll corrupt itself on crash.
I’ve had two die and then I read using an SSD helps a lot with the heat issue. Replaced the HDD with an SSD and temp is a cool 45C now down from high 50’s with HDD. YMMV but figured I’d add my anecdotal experience.
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Their system is not particularly dependent on the cloud right now. I do wish they had a modern cloud key that didn’t run as absurdly hot at the gen 2.
RPI is a popular solution for unifi controller hosting. I’ve run a box with unifi+pihole continuously for about 2 years on PoE, never crashes or gives any maintenance headaches, if I do need to reboot everything always comes right up without any fuss.
Make sure that you're running a 64-bit OS. They use MongoDB for the unifi controller, and it simply disables the write ahead log on 32-bit Linux. This means it'll corrupt itself on crash.
You can run the software yourself pretty much anywhere, mine is running in a freebsd jail on a truenas box.
I’ve had two die and then I read using an SSD helps a lot with the heat issue. Replaced the HDD with an SSD and temp is a cool 45C now down from high 50’s with HDD. YMMV but figured I’d add my anecdotal experience.
I am going to need to do that then. Mine runs hot. I have it perched up to try to get it some cooling airflow.
This one works great: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078211KBB