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 A special mention goes to the [[https://opensprinkler.com/|Opensprinkler sprinkler controller]], that is probably the best network interfaced sprinkler controller available, both for home  and some commercial use.  See separate section on my home sprinkler setup [[personal:sprinkler]].  I have been using the version 2 of the  Opensprinkler for over 9 years now (Nov 2023). I recently had to upgrade all the underground wiring again, as the first attempt I used sub-standard wiring.  I placed the controller into a weather proofing panel.  Upon inspection I found that 9+ years in the open, but not subject to rain had corroded some of the controller contacts, particularly the RJ45 network ones.  I cleaned the unit up and it is still in service.  A special mention goes to the [[https://opensprinkler.com/|Opensprinkler sprinkler controller]], that is probably the best network interfaced sprinkler controller available, both for home  and some commercial use.  See separate section on my home sprinkler setup [[personal:sprinkler]].  I have been using the version 2 of the  Opensprinkler for over 9 years now (Nov 2023). I recently had to upgrade all the underground wiring again, as the first attempt I used sub-standard wiring.  I placed the controller into a weather proofing panel.  Upon inspection I found that 9+ years in the open, but not subject to rain had corroded some of the controller contacts, particularly the RJ45 network ones.  I cleaned the unit up and it is still in service. 
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 +I replaced the Opensprinkler V2.0 with V3.3 on Jan 2025 as the older unit became unreliable, the display was not functioning correctly and the unit was unreliable.  I placed the new unit in to the enclosure to help protect from outdoor weather.  Whilst the old unit was not exposed to rain or sunshine it did suffer from corrosion and fading of the screen and discolouration of the case, presumably from ambient reflected sunlight and changes in humidity.  The case enclosure should improve this and hopefully the new unit will give a greater reliable life. 
  
 Another special mention is [[http://www.snapraid.it/|Snapraid]]. I believe this to be the best solution for a modern home server solution, giving the best compromise between performance, reliability and power saving. It should be considered that traditional full time raid systems require all hard disks spinning when in use, compromising long term reliably of all the included disks and increased power consumption. A key benefit of many traditional raid systems, is increase bandwidth (speed) due to use of simultaneous disks, however a modern 3.5" hard disk has a data bandwidth similar to a 1Gb/s Ethernet, so the tradition raid speed benefits are of little value unless a more exotic network arrangement is used.  Another special mention is [[http://www.snapraid.it/|Snapraid]]. I believe this to be the best solution for a modern home server solution, giving the best compromise between performance, reliability and power saving. It should be considered that traditional full time raid systems require all hard disks spinning when in use, compromising long term reliably of all the included disks and increased power consumption. A key benefit of many traditional raid systems, is increase bandwidth (speed) due to use of simultaneous disks, however a modern 3.5" hard disk has a data bandwidth similar to a 1Gb/s Ethernet, so the tradition raid speed benefits are of little value unless a more exotic network arrangement is used.