6 Hardware Recommendations for Home Assistant

What hardware are you running Home Assistant on?! 👇

Could we get a video for enterprise server set up. Like installing all home assistant on it also nas on same machine and plex :) any chance ? Thank you

Damn buddy, I feel like you just ran a 5K or something take a deep breath slow down😂

Remember the NUC install runs any Intel hardware. I’m running mine on a old Mac mini

what good is the ssd upgrade on pi?

I run Home Assistant on Dell T420, as a VM running ESXi 6.7.

do you have a recommended Intel NUC that I should buy? I currently have homeassistant running on an Odroid but think i'm starting to outgrow it and would like a more powerful system

Wouldn't it be really nice if Home Assistant could spread itself out over multiple devices? One could start with a raspberry pi and then add on a 2nd or 3rd raspberry pi, NAS or NUC to improve performance. I'm sure that would be a big ask from the development team - but it would also be a differentiator, it would almost completely eliminate sizing errors and it would provide a ton of flexibility and versatility for expansion - especially when the alternative is to just buy a better system and then migrate everything.

As a newbie, and Network Admin, it was easy, straight to a server! Though I’m running Hubitat also though. Still undecided which is best.

I'm running HA as a Docker container on an Unraid machine. It's an AMD Threadripper CPU 1st gen. Quite nice setup.

Never been more frustrated in my life. Been trying to get this POS program to work on an Intel MacBook I have sitting. EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. METHOD ive tried doesn't work. The native vm spits out python errors, virtual box just sits there saying slot 0. I'm about to install boot camp and try not to pull my hair out. I'll be good and god damned if I'm paying 200 bucks for a raspberry pi or chasing alerts for in-stock ones for MSRP. Ffs I'm about done with this shit.

Hi Lewis, I have a Raspberry Pi 3, but think I need to move up to something more powerful (50+ zigbee items connected, plus some wifi stuff).
Is it easy to move to another platform (e.g. Intel NUC) and if I got a Pi 4, could I just swap the SD card to the 4 and work away?

i thought i heared somewhere that you can use the NUC image on a dell Optiplex 3040

I just bought a t320. Which processor did you upgrade to? Everything I’m seeing says the e5-2470 v2 is the Max you can go. Video looks like you went with even more powerful cpu. Just curious

How is the power consumption of a server?

Thanks for the video. But what about Mac Mini?

With Raspberry Pi prices currently i consider to go with the used nuc i5 6200u option. Its maybe 50-60€ more expensive but so much more powerfull while still low power consumption. What do you think?

Can I actually install this RaspberryPi to a mini desktop like an Intel NUC?

Using an IBM X3250 x5, like you said... not a beginer choice...

I run my system on a Xeon based Lenovo TS150 server. It's not as capable or expandable as a Dell PowerEdge but it is very, very silent.

I wish you had mentioned Synology in detail. You teased us in the beginning...

I run HA on a Dell Optiplex 3050, which I thoroughly recommend. At the moment they can be picked up in the UK refurbished for £120 -- so cost less than a preassembled Raspberry Pi. It comes in a proper metal box with a micro form factor (MFF) not much bigger that a Pi or a NUC. It has 6 USB ports - plenty for all your dongles. For HA installation it has an SDD that is very easy to access by undoing one thumb screw to open the case then sliding out the clip-on tray. It stands horizontally by default but you can buy a stand hold it vertically if you prefer.

I run it on Proxmox. along with 10 other servers....

Hi, is there a disadvantage of running HA on a Truenas pc? I see its an available plugin, is it fully fledged HA?

I’m running HA on a VM on a Intel NUC. I know this is seen as better than using a Pi, but I find the PC to be a bit unstable with Windows updates ect. I am wondering if running HA on dedicated hardware like Home Assistant Yellow might not be better even though it has less power.

I agree with the raspberry Pi comments I started running home assistant on a raspberry pie 3. It worked, but was kind of slow after adding a lot of integrations. If you already have a raspberry Pi, it's good for playing around, but if you actually want to use Home Assistant I'd recommend something with more power. Switched to running it on old i5 windows laptop in a virtual machine. Works well and the laptop is hooked up to my tv playing double duty as a media box.

Trying to find a vid or some help using an old chromebook to install home assistant on….please help lol

Very nice video, TNX.

Does the the ssd upgrade work on the rpi3?

Can I run full HA on a Synology NAS? I thought I heard somewhere that HA will run on the NAS but with some limitations.

Hi, it is possible 2 run HASSIO in a MAC MINI I3 native ?

Would you be able to share your 3D print design please :)

What kind of light you use behind the monitor?

What smart curtain solution can i own wo owning something the size of a brick

hi I have had home assistant running on proxmox for the almost 2 years but I have had a problem where my homeassistant vm stop running because it ran out of space on the virtual drive. Simple fix was to increase the size of the drive. I have done this over 3 times and even moved my home assistant VM to 500Gb drive. the disk allocation for homeassistant was 80GB then moved to 100 and so on. i don't know why my HA database is so large. I have influxdb install and i amnot sure if this is also contributing to the large database. can you help me control the size of the ha database and also pin point what is casing this problem?

which antenna are you using for zwave ?

What's the implications of running it on a RP 3B Vs a 4? Current prices for RP4 are extortionate! I get that a 4's faster etc. but does HA need the extra resources?

I just don't want to keep my laptop on at all times is there a way around that

I have a Poweredge R320 and recently installed HA OS on it using an internal 32 Gb USB. Then I wasted a few days trying to get it to recognize the internal SATA drives. Finally I came across the little emphasized fact that HA OS only recognizes external USB drives. And in fact there seems to be no way to mount any other type of drive, as the fstab file is write protected. With HA Supervised, is it possible to get access to your internal drives again?

Cool video, I can install on the same Raspberry Pi both NAS and Home Assistant ?

If I chose a NUC and intended to run more than just home assistant on it, what OS and HA installation would i use?

It's April 2022. SBCs are not to be had for love or money these days. As you say, a used PC is the best way to go these days.

What about router/accesspoints/mesh systems, what do you suggest with a 2 story home with about 60 smart home wifi devices?

Hi brother! Can I run Hass os on a micro PC with Ryzen 7 CPU from Ali Express???

So if you go with the balls to the wall option, is it more complicated to load HA and run with all the bells and whistles - with zero IT knowledge?

For the used office PC option, are you running it via VM or treating it like a generic x86-64 install?

I got a used threadripper 1950x and ROG zenith extreme mobo for 1000$ couple years ago on ebay. 2000$ MSRP new at time of purchase.
mobo was unpackaged, cpu installed, everything else in mobo box was factory sealed. no dust or signs of use on the mobo. Running Unraid, VMs, dockers, Hass, blue iris (in vm), friggate & doubletake & deepstack in dockers, NAS, emby media server, the "arr" dockers, ect, ect. its been great.

What about those of us with an old Mac? Wouldn't that work? I've got a 5 year old MBP...

Really good and to the point. Nicely explained. Thank you.

Old laptop with cpu core i3-2310M, ram 4GB ,ddr3 ssd 120GB and hdd 256gb , I mounted full pc heatsink on heat-pipe , fan mostly off because its cool, ugly setup but hidden