wkearney99
Senior Member
BlueIris is a whole other universe of complexities. My advice is DO NOT attempt to jam multiple services onto one computer. Trust me on this. You want your automation stuff to be STABLE. Not prone to the whims of updates to ancillary bits not directly related to the HA software itself. BI can gobble enormous amounts of CPU and storage, give it the box your situation requires and leave HA running on another, wholly separate, piece of hardware.
Sure, at some point, it "ought to be possible" to run a lot of things all on one box. Yeah, well, that nirvana ain't here yet. Some folks get close but if/when it bites you the hit you take for reliability is not worth it. The WAF rules all.
That and when selecting in-wall dimmers, be sure to cross-reference the dimmer against your selected LED units. Not all LEDs are created equal and some are notoriously unreliable when it comes to dimming. It's not the dimmers that cause the problems, it's crappy bulbs. Trouble is there's no standardized documentation or requirements for LEDs to make it easy to figure it out.
Sure, at some point, it "ought to be possible" to run a lot of things all on one box. Yeah, well, that nirvana ain't here yet. Some folks get close but if/when it bites you the hit you take for reliability is not worth it. The WAF rules all.
That and when selecting in-wall dimmers, be sure to cross-reference the dimmer against your selected LED units. Not all LEDs are created equal and some are notoriously unreliable when it comes to dimming. It's not the dimmers that cause the problems, it's crappy bulbs. Trouble is there's no standardized documentation or requirements for LEDs to make it easy to figure it out.