| > What I need is an opinionated guide on minimum viable virtualization Get a nuc or a mini pc: i5-8500 or better (used, ebay https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimic... for a baseline of what's out there) Ram is your friend (but prices are gross). Dont be cheap on storage. Get an external USB drive (3/2/1 rule). Install proxmox on said device. Use the proxmox community scripts to install HAOS as a VM. https://community-scripts.org/categories?category=operating-... Pass through what ever USB devices you need (or spring for POE devices ). Enjoy your HA setup. Proxmox is the way to go here. Once you have a working install dont over commit before you learn to: 1. back up, 2. restore. These should both be local and remote (HA can enable this to various sources). As a bonus you now have a runtime (proxmox) that can do tons of other things (see the whole community scripts link). I have been running HA for years now, and this method makes things a pleasure and is easy (at least if you're a nerd) and cheap (the solutions are lower power). |