Sabinno

Hi all,

I recently have spun up my home server once again and plan on using it for critical data, such as all of my photos and such. With that being the case, I absolutely must have rock solid backups - I plan on backing up to both a local drive and offsite (ideally to a self-hosted repo on another server at my brother's house, on his server, though I will use the public cloud e.g. Wasabi, B2, or Borgbase if it comes to that).

That being said, I would also prefer the following features if possible:

• Bootable restore media with a graphical (or at least TUI) interface (this is the closest to a "must" as possible - I REALLY do not want to use the CLI when I'm stressed and trying to get my system running)
• Ability to restore individual files or VMs with a web GUI (or TUI) interface within the OS
• KVM/qemu support (host is CentOS Stream 9) for backing up and restoring entire VMs + configs with ease
• Automated restore testing similar to Veeam's SureBackup, maybe utilizing KVM?
• Web GUI for management/setup (or at least TUI)
• Generic S3/Borg repo support

I'm willing to pay, and potentially hundreds of dollars (one time) or maybe a small monthly subscription (~$20/mo or equivalent annually max) at that, for a license for something that meets most of those ideals.

Thanks!

Hi all,

I just initiated my foray into the entirely local smart home, being careful to avoid products that need a third-party app of any kind outside of Home Assistant - that's a hard requirement for me. As such, I went with Z-Wave for two reasons: firstly, because my first smart device was a thermostat and I found the few Zigbee options on the market to be ugly-looking and unreliable based on reviews; secondly, I'm trying to avoid 2.4 GHz congestion due to frequently using latency-sensitive sound equipment in my home studio. Thus, I've got a Z-Wave 800 stick plugged in to my existing home server.

With that preamble out of the way - I've been looking to pair smart switches with RGBW/dimmable smart bulbs to liven up the place a little. However, it seems like I'll either have to go with a different protocol for those (namely Zigbee/Matter) and thus buy a second stick to poke out of the server, even though I'm really not wanting to if I can avoid it.

My question is, why have all of the Z-Wave bulbs dried up? I can't even find any Inovelli Reds on eBay, and the last new ones I could find (Jasco Z-Wave Plus bulbs) were difficult to track down, don't do RGB, and are more expensive than what Inovelli Reds retail for.

That and no one is making upgraded models. I'm fine paying a marginally higher price per unit, because the Inovellis look to be higher quality than anything else in the segment save for Philips Hue, which are about $10-20 more each compared to Inovelli, as well as the fact that Z-Wave frees up the local 2.4 GHz band. If someone is willing to sell me some Reds, even second-hand, or can tell me where to buy any Z-Wave bulbs that fit the requirements, let me know!

If the worst has to come, I'd also appreciate some recommendations for bulbs that do not use Wi-Fi and don't require a third-party app other than HA to set up and use. I'll tolerate Zigbee if I absolutely must, though I will not like it.