(Expensive but cheaper than a Synology)Īlong with HA I plan on having it handle a camera NVR (such as Blue Iris?) and a media server such as Plex. After looking at a lot of hardware options including but not limited to laptops, Macs, PCs, Synology, Raspberry Pi and so on, I decided to buy a used Mac Pro for $200 and through a WD Blue 500 GB SSD in it for another $70. I’m preparing to set up Home Assistant in a house I’m about to buy. Welcome to my first post, so I hope you will be patient with me.