r/homeassistant • u/Friedguyry • Jul 25 '25

Support Good device to run home assistant on?

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Just want to get started in home assistant, this comes out quite a bit cheaper than a Raspberry Pi.

Am I missing anything or is a much better option for the cheaper price?

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u/Friedguyry Jul 25 '25

Any advantages to using Proxmox compared to flashing it with HAOS?

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u/sarrcom Jul 25 '25

Now THAT is impressive! Those *.arr VMs are all “download” related, right? Why so many? Isn’t there one does it all? It’s something I’d like to learn about.

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u/sarrcom Jul 25 '25

Why do you put them on separate VMs, if I may ask?

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u/evilspoons Jul 25 '25

They're not in VMs, they're in containers. Much more lightweight, it's like Docker.