Domotica, PC or Raspberry Pi or ...?

janvier123 · Post by **janvier123** » Monday 24 April 2017 20:21

I was wondering if i can trade my RBPI for a bigger, faster linux PC
Any thoughts?

Opinions are more then welcome !

SweetPants · Post by **SweetPants** » Monday 24 April 2017 22:28

janvier123 wrote:I was wondering if i can trade my RBPI for a bigger, faster linux PC Any thoughts?

Opinions are more then welcome !

I use an Intel NUC, dual Atom CPU 4Gb, 60Gb MSATA running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Domoticz Beta compiled from source and this runs smootly 24x7 for more then 2 years now.

Brutus · Post by **Brutus** » Tuesday 25 April 2017 9:09

I also use an Intel NUC, Intel Core I5, 8Gb, 256Gb Msata with Windows 7 64 Bits, Kodi and Domoticz.

janvier123 · Post by **janvier123** » Thursday 11 May 2017 15:19

AlexSurf86 wrote:CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme
https://www.bestadvisor.com/best-gaming-pcs
This PC is not so expensive in compare with other models, but anyway you can play the most popular games at max settings without a problem.
What else needs gamer for happiness?

its for domotica

EdwinK · Post by **EdwinK** » Thursday 11 May 2017 19:56

Now running Domoticz on my Synology NAS, but I'm thinking of moving it to a Raspberry PI.

Derik · Post by **Derik** » Thursday 03 August 2017 18:05

Odroid Xu4...

Fast as.....

Sjonnie2017 · Post by **Sjonnie2017** » Thursday 03 August 2017 19:27

Would really like to get Domoticz running on my Synology NAS connected to my HomeWizard. The Syno is on 24/7 so no extra Watts to be burned. Domoticz is running fine (or so it seems). If I could only get the script from @Wobbles to work...

Edit: Got the plugin working

Just had to place it in the folder /usr/local/domoticz/var/plugins/HomeWizard (the last folder name is completely arbitrary

) BTW the location is the same as /volume1/@appstore/domoticz/var/plugins/HomeWizard

HTH

Greetz,

Sjonnie

tlpeter · Post by **tlpeter** » Thursday 03 August 2017 19:39

Is i need to start over them it will be a nuc rubbing vmware. Domoticz will then be on Ubuntu and probably the nuc will run some more virtual machines.

philchillbill · Post by **philchillbill** » Thursday 03 August 2017 19:47

I have a Synology DS916+ with 8GB RAM which I use as an Audio (LMS) and Video (Kodi) server but not for Domoticz. It's not a full Linux machine and I just felt that for 100% flexibility with home-automation I should have a real Ubuntu box. Maybe I'm wrong, but I see the RPi as a little light, so I use a NUC5CPYH (which consumes just 6W) for Domoticz. All the compute-power needed for tons of cron jobs and full Linux. They are not *that* expensive, those low-end NUCs - for under EUR 200 you can put 4GB RAM and a decent SSD inside. WiFi, BT and ETH are already standard, as is CIR so you can also use it as a Kodi player if you like. The NUC6 and 7 families even have a MIC array to mess with speech recognition directly.

Sometimes having a nicer solution is worth a few bucks more, just my 2 cents...

randytsuch · Post by **randytsuch** » Thursday 03 August 2017 22:19

I'm running domoticz on a pi, and it works great for me.
My system is pretty small, so at some point maybe I'll want more horsepower.

To me, I like the the pi is small so easy to find a place for it, and that it doesn't use much power. Power is important since it runs 24/7.

Overkill is not always best lol

Randy