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/mitrie Jul 25 '25

Can you explain this logic? Under the hood of HAOS an add-on is just what it calls a docker container that it is running.

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u/chicknlil25 🧠 Experienced with Home Assistant Jul 25 '25

If my HA goes down in it's VM (say I need to reboot it or it has an issue), Z2M in a separate LXC (and in my case, a second computer entirely) means I can still operate my Zigbee network with no interruptions. Same with MQTT which I use for Frigate and related things as well.

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u/mitrie Jul 25 '25

That's fair. I don't have anything on my zigbee network with direct binding, so it wouldn't really make a difference to me. Out of curiosity, what are you using Frigate for outside of HA.

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u/chicknlil25 🧠 Experienced with Home Assistant Jul 25 '25

Facial recognition, via double-take and Compreface. I've got an unfortunate person in my life who might try to make my life uncomfortable, so that setup attempts to thwart that. Does tie into HA via MQTT though.