I’m considering moving all my stuff to hassio and using Hubitat for all my automations. Few questions

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I only use HA for problematic devices (Kasa and Sengled). I don't see any advantage to moving everything to HA. Consider that if your HA fail, your entire smart home will go down with it.

As for the sd cards on rpi, I change them all for small SSD after one died whitout warning.

Edit: To be fair, my Kasa problem dates from 2 years ago. A lot of work has been done since then in the Kasa integration and the problem likely has been solved now. But with 40+ devices, I don't feel like redoing all the automations involved.

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I’m worried about buying a zigbee donle. My h.a is in a docker and I’m confused with “mapping”

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I run my HA in a Docker container and I use a Sonoff usb dongle with Z2M without problem.

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So do I.

@frmWink2Hubitat this is probably the best approach - keep the majority of the devices on the hub where your automations are running. Use the accompanying other hub only for these devices, which you can not connect on the main hub.

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Was it hard to set up? You have to map the usb right?

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Not difficult. It's a one line thing. It depend if you plan to use Z2M or ZHA.

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Z2m, ok I just ordered the sonoff, is z2m harder?

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Harder to setup, but if you follow this step by step and ask for help when you get stuck, you’ll be good to go in no time.

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Thank you

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I’m confused, why can’t I use it with the z2m Hubitat integration?

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I didn’t express myself clearly .. what I proposed was to setup Home Assistant with Zigbee 2MQTT, pair the Aqara Blinds there and bring it to Hubitat using the HA-> HE integration.

Leave all the other Zigbee devices that play nicely in Hubitat, and continue using the HE automations. This is also my setup.

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Try this driver with the Aqara E1 curtain robot :