The DS918+ has 4 core CPU instead of 2, but otherwise they are simillar. I don’t like much the idea of having standard ATX/ITX server or desktop as they tend to draw a lof of power. Sorry for the long post and I know it’s not only about HA, but I assume many of you guys are running the same setup here, so I would like to know some pros and cons of these setups and what you have tested. Here again I would like to avoid having HA on SD card. Here I am not sure if Z-wave or Zigbee sticks will work when connected to USB.īuying a new Synology, using their Surveillance station and having Hass.io on RPi 4B (or 3B+ which I currently own). I really like how Synology and their Surveillance are integrated into the HA. And I also don’t like how short the lifespan of SD card is, so if it’s possible now (I remember seeing some talk about it), it would have to boot from SSD connected to USB.īuying a new higher-end Synology, DS218+ for example, using their built in Surveillance station and running Hass.io in a docker on it. Not sure if RPi will be able to handle Hassio and camera server.

RPi 4B 4GB + my old Synology NAS which is not fast enough for camera server, so it would have to run on RPi aswell. Here I was thinking about either Shinobi (which now should have MQTT support) or BlueIris running in a Windows VM (but I would like to avoid using Windows), I sorta discarded ZoneMinder because many of you here kept mentioning that it is a real resource hog. Intel NUC i7 (or i5 if it would be enough) with FreeNAS, Hass.io in Docker and CCTV system. Now, what I have been thinking about so far: NAS storage for media (doesn’t even have to be RAID).15-20x smart switches and sensors (some of them Z-wave or Zigbee).6x FullHD IP cam (motion detection on the server).I would like to have Hass.io, CCTV and NAS (FreeNAS) in one server if possible, to minimize power consumption and I would like to ask you for your experience and your insight. Hi, I am in a process of building a new house and I would like to have as much automated and interconnected as possible, so I keep constantly digging through various options of sensors, lights, switches, etc… but first, after the whole day of reading through this forum I still can’t decide which platform to use to have solid, long lasting Home Assistant infrastructure.

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