lofty meadow
So, right now, my homeassistant is running on a Pi4 4GB, but am planning to upgrade to a Pi5 8gb / 16gb because I want to give Home Assistant Voice a go, but am not sure if a Pi4 with 4gb ram is strong enough for that.
Now my question is:
can I just take the microsd from the Pi4 and put it in the Pi5, or should I do a clean install for the Pi5, then restore a backup made on the Pi4?
Any help is appreciated, I never migrated my homeassistant instance before
twilit kernel
So, right now, my homeassistant is running on a Pi4 4GB, but am planning to upgr...
you cannot just move sd from 4 to 5. you need to fresh install and restore backup.
further notes: you should not use an SD card, it will be slow and will fail.
also even a rpi5 will struggle with some voice stuff.
golden ore
I can't imagine a pi 5 will fare better and pis in general are not good servers: https://gist.github.com/Impact123/6ee130240bdc6a7fed2d5224616544a0
lofty meadow
I have a dedicated Pi for homeassistant, and so far it has worked without issues. I have not really looked in to the voice requirements, but can always move that to my main server if it improves the performance
twilit kernel
you could run HA on your rpi and off load the STT and TTS to another system if you wanted to.
golden ore
Nabu Casa recommends at least a N100 but if you don't use english or want a better model you really need more power and/or a GPU.
lofty meadow
Nabu Casa recommends at least a N100 but if you don't use english or want a bett...
then I'll prolly offload it to my server, that has a dedicated GPU I can use
twilit kernel
i run my HA server on a n150 but i offload STT to my "big" server with a gpu running a bigger whisper model.
in any case still, a SD card is bad.
lofty meadow
never had issues with HA on the sd card, picked one meant for long continuous use
twilit kernel
never had issues with HA on the sd card, picked one meant for long continuous us...
switch to an SSD and watch it zoom zoom 🙂
lofty meadow
all Pi4 ssd mounts I see use the USB interface, are those the right ones?
twilit kernel
yeah the rpi4 doesnt have the pcie bus available like the rpi5. but yeah even on usb its a better option.
although this is one of the reasons rpi's are used less now. by the time you get a rpi/case/ssd-hat/ssd/psu you might as well get a mini pc
lofty meadow
true, but in my case I prefer having the PIs, as they can used for other things by simply switching the sd card
had a project for work, switch out the sd, back to tinkering at work, easy
golden ore
Virtualization on a "real" PC can achieve the same unless you need GPIO.
lofty meadow
yes, but if you have to be at different points in a building, placing a small pi for a few months is way easier
twilit kernel
i dont take down my HA server though. stuff stops working around the house if i do that 😛
lofty meadow
and work doesn't allow virtualization
lofty meadow
i dont take down my HA server though. stuff stops working around the house if i ...
same here, but I can take another one offline, if needed
twilit kernel
and work doesn't allow virtualization
are you writing for specific hardware? or is someone just being difficult?
lofty meadow
out IT department being difficult