Adding to this, I recommend a used mini PC. There’s lots of cheap used office hardware out there on eBay that is more powerful, more serviceable, and more flexible than the hardware they sell or a raspberry pi.
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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In terms of software, yes. But HA can be run on nearly anything—there’s no need to but their hardware to use it.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
dan@upvote.au 3 weeks ago
Companies are throwing away old hardware (like 8th/9th gen Core i5) that’s perfect for running Home Assistant. See if there’s an e-waste recycler near you - they might let you buy an old system for a nominal fee.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
While there are some problems with used minipcs (notably drivers), i don’t think they are relevant if it is only going to be used as a Home Assistant
Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a good point. This can help me with things like adding a DNS server (I’m assuming pi-hole can be run standalone on a mini PC)
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I bought a used mini PC and then set up Proxmox. This little thing is a lot more capable than the Raspberry I used before and it runs my complete home lab, excluding my NAS.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you’re going to run Home Assistant OS you’d be able to run anything that can run in docker. Some things are available to install directly inside the Home Assistant apps system, otherwise you can install portainer and run any docker capable software.
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
You can also install ad guard home as an add on INSIDE Home Assistant. Works great!
i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Just be careful with SD cards if you’re using SBCs. Home Assistant does a lot of writing and if your SD card can’t handle repeated writes you may suddenly lose everything. Keep backups to another device and have a replacement SD card ready if extended downtime is going to be a problem for you.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Booting from USB drives has worked well for me
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You can connect an SSD to these boards and boot from that instead of an SD card. Definitely the way to go especially considering SSDs dont really cost more than SD cards.
4am@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Always run mine in a VM along with everything else, no need for special hardware.
Get yourself a PoE Zigbee and/or Z-wave receiver and you are good to go, can even live migrate HA if you are fancy
white_nrdy@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I run mine in a VM but have USB passthrough for the Zwave and zigbee sticks. I didn’t know there were POE coordinators. Do you have any you recommend? I use both zwave and zigbee
speculate7383@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I haven’t tried it yet, but I see the SMLIGHT SLZB06 get recommended a lot for Zigbee