# Best / most stable OS and Hardware for NodeRed?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-most-stable-os-and-hardware-for-nodered/8679>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [6 March 2019 19:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-most-stable-os-and-hardware-for-nodered/8679 "2019-03-06T19:38:16Z")\
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As stated by others - get a good power supply for the PI.  
Mine has been rock solid for several years since I got a decent (Canakit 2.5A for \<$10 ) power supply.

Prior to that I was getting monthly SD card corruption using just any old 5v USB phone charger power supply.

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