Multiple hubs - Thank You

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I just want to say Thank You to the Hubitat team for the architecture to allow multiple hubs. This is the number one reason I am on the Hubitat platform.

I currently have 3 hubs and have an additional 4 on order! Most hubs will only have a few lights on them and a sensor or two, and I plan on linking all to one master hub.

My overall Hubitat system spans multiple buildings, including two rental houses that are over a mile away.

-Eric

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If you have multiple Hubs can they work as failover if one fails?

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If I had a big ol house I'd do it.
It's an awesome option.

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Not automatically. You could pull the Zigbe/Z-Wave stick(s), move them to another HE hub, and then restore a recent backup from the original hub. This should get everything back up and running again. I haven’t tried it, but I believe others have mentioned that this works.

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So have to ask. Are all 7 hubs in one location? Whats your usecase for only having a few devices per hub?

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I would be more excited about multiple hubs if you could share/transfer ALL device types. No thermostat or custom/complex multi-sensor device support is problematic for how I would segregate things on multiple hubs.

So my 2nd hub is my development hub, which is still very useful!

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I have multiple hubs for multiple buildings. Zwave won't reach since it's very limited on range, but all buildings are on the same LAN - using UBNT radios. Us folks in the country like to have lots of small buildings:) Longest link is a bit over 1 mile to some staff housing.

For example restrooms, minigolf kiosk, gift store, pole barn, etc.

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Does each location have it's own internet connection?
Just curious...

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That is cool! Thanks for the info.

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Sorry for the late reply. All buildings are line of sight. Farthest is some housing, about a mile away. We use Ubiquity radios (non-license) to connect buildings. Everything is on one LAN.

Even buildings that are close to each other have ubiquity links. I don't like having wired ethernet outside due to lightning and ground loops. As a side note I once had a nearby lightning strike induce a voltage spike on the metal protective cladding of our fiber line (internet). It fried the telco equipment and our firewall. There was a burn mark on the port! I like to tell people that lightning hit our fiber line and destroyed our firewall :slight_smile:

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