2023.6: Network storage, favorite light colors, new integrations dashboard
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Add and use network storage, the integrations dashboard got a revamp, add your favorite colors to your lights, copy & paste support for automations, blazing speed through Python 3.11, and Matter an...

If you’re running Home Assistant on an SBC other storage constrained device, you can now use available storage elsewhere on your network. Game changer, at least for me. Lots of other updates in this release, too.

  • beepaboopa@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m new to Home Assistant, but what would the benefits of NAS integration be?

    Like as a media source? Or to show capacity, utilization, and services it could be running?

    I get home control and automation, but what’s to control/automate from the dashboard for your NAS?

    I’m sure I’m just missing the use case.

    • gadgetboyOPMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      There are many add-ons for Home Assistant that do better with more storage. Grafana is a great example. You can expose your HA entities to Grafana and understand trends over time, but you’ll need the storage to support it.

      Ditto for something like MotionEye that stores your security video.

  • a1studmuffin@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m curious, what would you use the network storage for? My setup isn’t very media focused, so perhaps that’s why I’m struggling.

    • gadgetboyOPMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I plan to use it to write my nightly backups to my local file server, but yeah, it’s probably more for media-focused setups.

    • tuxed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Best usecase I can think of currently is for camera storage through frigate or for other HA addons

  • stanleytweedleEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I was able to set up SMB storage for my cameras, it was a pain though, had to use a shell command on a delayed automation to mount it after hassio is up. Hopefully this will be simpler.