How do you guys run home assistant?
I tried out home assistant using virtual box on my main pc and I enjoyed what I could do with it so far. So, I ordered a mini pc (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C89TQ1YF/) with the intention of running home assistant’s OS so that it’s always running regardless of Windows doing what it wants with my PC.
I run other things all the time on my main pc too, plex, isponsorblocktv, tartube, things like that. Is running just home assistant on that mini pc going to be overkill? Should I just put Linux on it and run home assistant on there some other way so that I can also run some of these other things there? Will home assistant take a noticeable performance hit?
Wow! That’s unexpected, because of the memory limitation. I have a Pi3 with Fedora IoT with a target on its back for a Home Assistant container. (I see another comment here notes 400MB of memory use so it seems much smaller than I expected.)
Could I ask how many devices it’s dealing with, or because I’m not running Home Assistant yet, whether routine number/complexity is a better metric? (That question went bad somewhere, excuse me.)
An Insteon integration with a hub and a bit more than a dozen switches, water sensors, etc.
Maybe 4 or so z-wave devices connected via a USB dongle on the Pi.
The Alexa integration for the direct Wi-Fi bulbs. Maybe 6-ish. Also for wife-acceptance.
So- small and unorganized. I really want to wipe and start fresh to be more organized. I also want to learn how to do cross-integration triggers and actions.
Thank-you.
I’m not dealing with much more. Maybe twenty IoT devices in total but quite a few routines spread over Alexa and Smart Life.