Upgrade from RPI3 to NUC

Hardware
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Recently migrated from RPI3 to NUC. RPI3 was running the AIO; NUC is running Ubuntu 17.10 (16.04 LTS didn’t like Kaby Lake) with a docker container for HA.

Migration was really smooth; no real issues. Moved my Aeotec ZWave stick and files and it all came across ok.

Also HO-LEE-SHIT is it faster. Night and day in response time. I always felt that HA would be pokey as waiting on Zwave communications but I can tell you more CPU has certainly helped everything. Much snappier in ways I’d not expect.

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Thinking of making the same move myself. What are the specs on the NUC?

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It’s the mid-range NUC7 series with the i5; 16GB ram (8GM kit was out of stock on Amazon); and a 250GB Samsung 960 SSD.

It would have been very happy on the i3 model but that was not a big savings; while the step to i7 was quite pricey (almost 2x)

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Just placed my order for the i3 model. Might have some questions for ya in the next few days :grin: