What hardware are you using for Domoticz

[Egregius]

I recently added some extra memory to my Intel Nuc:

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The Nuc is running Proxmox as hypervisor. In it 2 KWM virtual machines. One for pfSense and one for Domoticz.
Each VM has 10GB of memory assigned. For the domoticz machine that even means it has more memory than hard disk space.
With this amount of memory linux can keep everything in it's buffer/cache so access to drive is less needed and extremely fast.
I was really suprised about the speed difference this gave. Everything feels even more snappier.

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[basmeyer]

In a dedicated technical room I have an Asustor 6202T NAS with Domotics 2020.2.1 on it, the version of father_mande using ubuntu. I used the docker version of Patrick before but needed the upgrade because maintainer patrick did not upgraded from 4.11605 yet. Also this version is (finally) upgradeable from within Domoticz, although I stay away from the Beta versions.

It is running great, the previous Domoticz versions sometimes needed a restart but for now, everything running smoothly.
Average 3-story house including a business with a bunch of switches and dimmers (like 12 or so), a smart implant with 6 temp sensors to monitor the extended dual HRU ventilation system (2 parts of the house, business separated).

I am still considering something completely different, to put Domoticz on a Raspberry Pi Compute module 4 when it will be available. That new Pi board has versions with up to 32GB eMMC build in, so no more SD crash dangers, which is why I avoided Raspberry Pi for Domoticz.
The reason is that I can offload the NAS a tiny bit (probably not much, bit still, need the maximum possible resources from it for the business).
Plus I can relocate the unit and install it in another place near the front door, allowing to connect a camera and other stuff like a door bell directly to the unit. It has some other advantages too, cameras take up too many resources on the NAS.
I wonder what the minimal requirements regarding the current Domoticz version are regarding RAM and eMMC storage, and if Domoticz will boot from eMMC!!!???

[madpatrick]

I'm using a HP Microserver GEN8 with ClearOS as an operating system.
The reason is that this is more powerfull when you want to run several functions of a server.
The multifunctional part of ClearOS or other Linux distro is the option to run very flexible the packages.
For example, i'm running my own mailserver, webserver, database, file server, proxy, anti malware, Domoticz (of course), nzb, Plex, .....

The hardware of the server is a SSD disc and 2x 4TB file discs
All together consuming 27w in normal use.

The advantage of the GEN8 version is the iLO processor, which enables to view without a monitor the screen on your PC or tablet

[basmeyer]

Wow, awesome device!

[Sunka78]

Running very stable on my Synology DS414 for more than 2 years. I have an RFlink attached to my NAS. It's a little harder to install things on my Synology than installing it on a normal Pi, but most of the times there are guides available for Synology installation.

Most of the time I use WinSCP to connect to my NAS and install plugins in the plugin folder.

Hi! Do you care to explain how you suceeded with a configuration on the DS414 without being able to use Docker? I have managed to get it installed but is having problem to make it recognize USB hardware such as the DS9490 for 1-wire and the RFX433e...