hardware recommendations? newbie

[humble haven]

ok so i have this machine and was wondering if it would be ok for a home assistant node?
AMD G-T48E CPU
4GB DDR3 RAM
120GB SSD

[muted thicket]

I have some notes on the subject HERE.
However to start with your system will likely run HAOS fine as long as it supports UEFI which will get you started then you can always move to another system down the line.

[humble haven]

its just i have 2x The Dell Wyse DX0D units

[muted thicket]

Yeah, Sometimes the best hardware is the hardware that you already have. Give it a go and see how you get on.

[humble haven]

okk, planning on doing 2 nodes iin seperate locations then linking them via tailscale or something

[muted thicket]

There is a custom integration that allows for connecting instances together to share sensors but that is something you can tackle down the line once you have got some things set up. 🙂

[humble haven]

yea i was looking at that integration thingy

just i have hardware in different locations and i want it all on 1 dashboard

[steady spoke]

The G-T48E is beyond slow. Compare with a N100: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/1999vs5157/AMD-G-T48E-vs-Intel-N100
I'd grab something else from eBay: https://gist.github.com/Impact123/6ee130240bdc6a7fed2d5224616544a0#what-do-i-recommend-instead

[humble haven]

so its shit?

what limitations will i have?

[steady spoke]

It'll be slow is all. So don't think about ESPHome or Frigate or stuff like that. Or having fun with it.

[humble haven]

could you explain in more detail? ive never really touched home assisntant

[steady spoke]

ESPHome and Frigate need a lot of resources which you don't have so if you want to run either of them you should look for a different device. A slow HA is not much fun so you won't have a good experience. Not sure what else to elaborate here.

Simply try it out, if you're unhappy you can still change things.

[humble haven]

what is ESPHome and Frigate

[steady spoke]

Something you best research on your own.

[humble haven]

im guessing these units wont really work for what i want them to do then

[steady spoke]

Since you already have it I'd simply try.

[humble haven]

ok so i have 2 locations
location 1 has a bunch of machines and servers
location 2 which is my home has a bunch of smart plugs and my main pc and other stuff
what i want is like a dashboard on a tablet at location 2 that shows all the info and stats from both locations, also with stuff like bin collection dates and like a house icon that would detect when im home and stuff like that

guessing i need somthing more powerfull to do all that?

[steady spoke]

A basic HA should be able to work on these machines if the can boot UEFI.

[humble haven]

it dosent have uefi

[steady spoke]

You could install debian and run HA as docker container. Needs fewer resources too.

[humble haven]

oh ok

[humble haven]

so it wouldnt really be feasable to have this set up on like a raspi 5 8gb?

[humble haven]

but looking at the HA website, if i do that apps wont work?

[humble haven]

also when it says minimum 4 cores, is that meaning a 4 core CPU or would a 2 core 4 threads cpu be ok?

[steady spoke]

Apps are docker containers. You can run whatever you want yourself.

[steady spoke]

4 logical cores/threads should be okay too. I give my VM just 2 cores/threads.

[humble haven]

So a unit with 2 logical cores and 4 threads is ok?

[humble haven]

I tried to run it all on a 2 core 2 thread unit with 4gb ram and it crashed after a while (with deb 12 with docker, portainer and HA)

[steady spoke]

If you tell me the exact model I can tell you more. That can have a lot of reasons and meanings. A slow CPU isn't usually a reason for that.

[wispy cedar]

I use HA for almost 80 devices in a RPi 4 4GB and works perfect 😉

[delicate dust]

I have HA using HA OS on a raspi 5 with 8 GB. Works without issues for my current purpose. RAM used is <2GB, CPU is most of the time near 0%.

Integrations include:

• ZHA for > 50 Zigbee devices. Maybe I'll reach the 60 soon.
• KNX as base of my home, another >50 devices (lights, blinds, heating, presence)
• Reolink for security cameras
• Waste bin custom integration and other things with notifications
• Many more

Dashboards available in the mobile app and on a dashboard monitor in my kitchen (powered by second raspi).

The only limitstion I found until now was running my own AI tools. But, that could still be done on a second, dedicated machine.

[humble haven]

dell wyse dx0d
4gb ddr3 ram
120GB SSD
1.4GHz dual-core AMD G-Series T48E embedded processor

[steady spoke]

Not a good idea.

[humble haven]

would rpi 5/4 8gb be ok for the below?

ok so i have 2 locations
location 1 has a bunch of machines and servers
location 2 which is my home has a bunch of smart plugs and my main pc and other stuff
what i want is like a dashboard on a tablet at location 2 that shows all the info and stats from both locations, also with stuff like bin collection dates and like a house icon that would detect when im home and stuff like that

[humble haven]

guessing its mainly the slow cpu thats bottlenecking me?

[steady spoke]

Please don't buy a pi.

Yep.

[humble haven]

well i have a pi 5 8gb already just lying around

[delicate dust]

Then set it up and try it ...

You mention that you have two locations. Even if it does not fit for one, it might be sufficient for the other.

[humble haven]

yea was hoping that

just want like 2 HA nodes linked together to 1 dashboard where it shows everything

like 1 location i have 2x truenas machines and was hoping the dashboard can have like
Truenas 1 - disk health, disk usage, temp...

if that makes sense?

[delicate dust]

Syncing entities between two instances is possible (was mentioned above). Whether you can have the data from your machine depends on whether there exists a (custom) integration for it. Thats something you must check yourself as we don't know the exact things you own. TrueNAS for example is available as custom integration (install via hacs).

[humble haven]

okkk

thank you

how about getting a dash like this?

[delicate dust]

If you create it, yes.

[humble haven]

i understand that i have to build it but from tinkering with it lightly, whatever i build looks nothing like that, so how do i do it?

[quick breach]

#1284965988642590891

[wispy cedar]

With a lot of time and dedication 😉

[humble haven]

i guess ill ask in #1284965988642590891 when the time comes if i end up getting confused avter trying myself 🙂

[humble haven]

how about a rpi 3 model b?

[quick breach]

I wouldn't go below a pi4