the_boxhead

u/the_boxhead@sh.itjust.works
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on Proxmox Starter PC · c/proxmox · 6 pts · 172d

I started with a Dell Wyze 5070 from eBay. I put a 1Tb M2 sata in it, and 32Gb of RAM. Be warned it's really picky about RAM type. After a while I added 2 more, for testing and to spread the load a bit. I also added a proxmox backup server. I like the little boxes as they run at about 15W each.

If I was doing it again, I'd try and find a lowish power box that wasn't so picky on RAM, and also look at something with a 10GbE port so I could run ceph for some shared storage - but that pushed the price up...

HTH

on Waterwell · c/homeassistant · 4 pts · 198d

I have a rainwater tank, and I use an esp32 (nodemcu) flashed with Tasmota, and a waterproof ultrasonic sensor to measure water level.

I grabbed a cheap Dell Wyze from eBay, then stuck proxmox on it, then Home Assistant in a VM. Works beautifully, plus I can run other VMs and containers. Plus snapshots etc. It runs at 5w idle and 15w under load.

on Automated Cooling · c/homeassistant · 3 pts · 1y

Hate to say it, but unless you go for air-con, just a standard pedestal fan works way better than the evaporative coolers.

I’d split your network into 3 vlans. One for home, one for IoT and one for guest access (probably over WiFi). That way your firewall can handle the access rules.