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I have been running HA on a Pi3b for a few years. It's been a bit flakey the last few months so I'm looking to upgrade to a Pi5. After the replacement I expect to add more items and maybe phase out the Insteon for more Z-Wave.

I plan to "start from scratch". I use an Insteon hub for most switches and 2 garage doors, some Z-Wave switches, a few generic lamp plugs, 2 cheap Matter bulbs, and Alexa for my wife. Maybe 20 devices or so. The only automations are 2 sunset items and one that links a Z-Wave switch to a insteon switchlink. What will be my major pain points for rebuilding?

Or is there a straightforward method to migrate directly?

What kind of problem will this be for my Nabu Casa subscription? Alexa integration?

Or do I try to build first, then decomm the old one? Won't that cause a conflict?

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[-] greylinux1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Pi's are no longer worth it , far too expensive for what you get. Best to go with a mini PC like others have said, massively more powerful and about the same power usage.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

You can just create a backup and restore it on the new host. Pretty simple. It'll basically be like you just kept running your old host.

[-] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Excellent. Thank you a lot.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

One thing you will probably have to deal with though: if you have USB devices assigned by their address, you will just need to go in and set them to whatever the new address is on the new host. Should be pretty simple.

[-] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ooo. My Z-Wave dongle is USB. Good to know. Thanks.

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