Integration still uses ecobee cloud api I think, buy no longer needing a developer api key or whatever program thrybshut down a couple years ago. Setting up using homekit stuff is local.

Another step is considering which things actually need to be an always on service, or how reachable it nerds to be. Reachability to limit Internet exposure, whether that’s pulling everything back behind VPN or just local/at home only. I was starting to look at which of those services even really need to be a service vs just some files on a NAS. Simple files and simple access not tied to apps that need troubleshooting, and probably lesser hardware requirement (compute/memory->power)

could just be browser language & timezone

Proxmox has backup stuff for VMs and containers which uses whatever storage youbadd (local, NFS,), and has retention settings. iirc those will always be full backups. for incremental and more, proxmox backup server (PBS VM using backupNAS as destination for me)

Wat good is a board of there’s no memory? AM4 has been happily humming along for years too, why is MSI special now?