Hardware options for my self-hosting needs
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leimoochi · 2023-10-28 19:13

Hey all, I’m starting to feel the need to expand my system. I
currently have Home Asisstant running very smoothly on HAOS on a NUC7
i3 but I want to add more services and am looking for advice on how to
do it.

What I want to run:
- Home Assistant - this is now mission critical for my house so I want
it to run alone as HAOS as it it were an appliance
- NVR - I want to ditch Ring & Blink for 2-3 IP cams, with storage and
image recognition that can feed into HA for alerts etc
- Python scripts - I dabble in some non-intensive non-smart home stuff
that involves running python scripts at a certain frequency. I
currently use a Linode instance but would like to switch this over to
local
- Plex server - this is less for video streaming and more for running
kids’ bedtime stories and white noise all night streaming to Google
homes. So I need it on a separate machine to HA so it continues when I
restart HA
- File / photo backup NAS - I’d like to degoogle a bit so ideally with
online option like Nextcloud. And backup to a cloud backup too


Hardware wise I have the NUC 7 i3 running HAOS (perfectly) and a RPi4
that I use for seasonal projects like Christmas lights but am open to
using. Also I’m up for acquiring something new if needed (especially
as I’ll be reducing my monthly costs on Ring, Google & Linode).

My ideas (What do you think? What am I missing? What would you do?):

1) Leave HAOS on the NUC. Install openmediavault on Pi4 for NAS with
containers for python script, nextcloud and NVR. Image recognition for
videos could run with Coral on either the NUC as an addon or as a
container on the pi.

2) Move HAOS onto a HA Yellow. Install openmediavault on NUC for NAS
with containers for python script, nextcloud and NVR. Image
recognition for videos could run with Coral on either the HA yellow as
an add on or a container on the NUC.

3) Leave HAOS on the NUC. Buy a Synology NAS to do everything else

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-28 20:02

Sorry but this sub is about selfhosting **software services**, not
about any hardware purchase or upgrade advice. You might want to
consider subs like /r/Homelab /r/HomeServer /r/HomeNetworking for
that.

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mjh2901 · 2023-10-28 21:18

I had an HP Z440 workstation customized by a vendor on ebay.  I used
an SSD for the boot drive (proxmox) and an NVME drive on a PCIE card
for the man drive.  It can handle spinning rust also, two internal and
a couple of 5 1/2 external bays.  Currenlty I have 128gigs of DDR 4
ECC, but that turned out to be overkill.

If you have the space workstations have a lot of bang for the buck.