Hello
I have been running HA on a RPi 3 for the last 9 months but was wondering it is worth moving it to a docker on my QNAP?
I’ve never used a docker before and on the QNAP it is mainly for streaming and Crashplan backups. I do have 1 Windows 7 VM which runs my SyncbackPro LAN backups.
Just looking to streamline my equipment that is currently running…
Cheers
Mark
I guess it depend on the performance of your QNAP.
I moved my instance long ago on a HP Gen 8 home server, and run hass in docker. I’m satisfied by the move, hass is much faster, I have a separate database and update have never been so easy.
I also don’t fear a corruption of the pi SD card which seem to occur fairly often.
If an update goes wrong, most of the time, you can simply restart the old container with the previous version until the problem is figured out.
this is my reasoning as SD card crashes are a pain even with a full card backup once a week and database speed is slow, even though I run it on mysql on the qnap, etc etc.
My only concern is it only has a 1.6 GHz quad-core processor and 1 core is for the Windows 7 VM.
I have a dual core at 2,3Ghz so not sure how the performance will be but I assume it will be better than the raspberry anyhow.
Especially if all your database access is through the network as for now.
Of course using SSD and having more RAM than on the Raspberry will also improve the performance.
What’s the charge with the Windows VM being active?
I’ve had zero issues on any of my Pi3 units, including one that’s been running for the last 2 years. Problems with SD cards mostly come down to a poor quality power supply, or cable from the supply to the Pi. If you’re having issues, ensure your supply really can supply 2.4 amps or above, and that the cable isn’t thin and causing a power loss.
I used to have a bunch of RPis running various services - TVHeadend etc.
I also had an old Readynas NAS that also ran a few services as well as being on NAS duties.
I consolidated them into a Dell T20 server with some extra disks.
Its a (very) entry level server, but its quite cheap (a lot more than RPi, but less than most servers).
With VMware this is giving me the flexibility to run a NAS (freenas) plus a whole bunch of services, has the CPU required to transcode for plex, etc.
well I fired up container station and then found the HA docker in the library several hours ago as a test, and boy it is nippy. My QNAP is in the loft so hopefully my z wave mesh will work, and if so… goodbye RPi3.
Tinker I have a three other RPis for various things like weather station, plane tracker, etc, etc and from time to time I get corruption, I have good SD cards and power supply’s.
I run HomeAssistant in Docker on my QNAP TVS-682 and it is great.
wish I could justify that kind of cash 
Admittedly it was a bit overkill. But it’s basically my server and NAS. I could have gotten more value putting something togetheryself, but I’m happy with the QNAP so far.
Oh i was tongue and cheek. I would love to upgrade mine to something with more power. Kind of wishing I hadn’t sold my nuc… hey ho. QNAP really are a cracking bit of kit…
OK I have had a basic setup running for a day now, but now what please?
How do I ssh into it and/or setup WinSCP please? I’m oh so new to dockers … So any guidance is greatly received please.
Cheers
Mark
Use ‘docker exec -it container-name bash’
If you don’t know your container name, do ‘docker ps’
This will let you connect into your docker
is a Nuc a good solution?
thanks… I am getting to grips with it and even now have a Linux LXC which I am going to import my other RPi3 weather station into… Even with the QNAP in the loft I am getting better coverage on Z Wave, but need to sort out a persistent USB device ID next.
I am finding the QNAP is working perfectly for me so the NUC isn’t needed I guess
you use zwave with a usb stick?
I do indeed the Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5