{"id":1831,"date":"2026-10-28T12:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:10:17","slug":"reolink-home-hub-2-review-better-than-an-nvr-16tb-home-assistant-scrypted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2026\/10\/28\/reolink-home-hub-2-review-better-than-an-nvr-16tb-home-assistant-scrypted\/","title":{"rendered":"Reolink Home Hub 2 Review: Better Than An NVR? (16TB, Home Assistant &amp; Scrypted)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reolink Home Hub 2 Review: Better Than An NVR? (16TB, Home Assistant &amp; Scrypted)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-P3YnEJFhu8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This in-depth review and setup guide covers the <strong>Reolink Home Hub 2<\/strong>! Looking to run security cameras around your house without paying subscription fees or running noisy, power-hungry NVRs? The Reolink Home Hub 2 supports up to 16TB of local storage on a 2.5-inch drive, handles up to 8 cameras, features an integrated doorbell chime, dual-band Wi-Fi 6, and local AI search\u2014all with zero monthly fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also test third-party integrations with <strong>Scrypted for Apple HomeKit Secure Video (HKSV)<\/strong>, <strong>Home Assistant<\/strong>, and <strong>Blue Iris via RTSP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Specs &amp; Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Storage:<\/strong> 2.5-inch SATA bay (up to 16TB SSD\/HDD) + MicroSD slot (up to 1TB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 &amp; 100Mbps Ethernet WAN port<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Capacity:<\/strong> Up to 8 Reolink cameras (PoE, Wi-Fi, Doorbell)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Audio:<\/strong> Built-in local doorbell chime &amp; multi-level alarm speaker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Privacy:<\/strong> On-device local AI video search &amp; cross-camera tracking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This in-depth review and setup guide covers the Reolink Home Hub 2! Looking to run security cameras around your house without paying subscription fees or running noisy, power-hungry NVRs? The Reolink Home Hub 2 supports up to 16TB of local storage on a 2.5-inch drive, handles up to 8 cameras, features an integrated doorbell chime, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2026\/10\/28\/reolink-home-hub-2-review-better-than-an-nvr-16tb-home-assistant-scrypted\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reolink Home Hub 2 Review: Better Than An NVR? (16TB, Home Assistant &amp; Scrypted)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-products"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}