Hi folks.
I run HA on an RPI 4B (2GB). I have no issues with it, and I am in no way pushing any limits in terms of storage or CPU use.
I plan on adding an NVR with 4 cameras to my network with feeds to HA, and also it seems that functions for speech to text will be hardware demanding. Also, any AI for image recognition would be demanding. With this in mind I have been looking at two small form factor (SFF) alternatives:
1: I5-8400, 32GB RAM, 128GB SSD
2: I7-6700, 32GB RAM, 128GB SSD
Both can be expanded with a GPU in the future.
My questions:
- Which of the two options would you pick, and why?
- Would it be sufficient?
- What issues can I expect? I am backing up HA to google drive, and my thought was to just download from google drive to the SFF.
- Other thoughts on this?