Thank you for the detailed explanation!

I see, that makes sense. Thank you!

Gotcha, thank you!

Please don't hurt me but what's an "immutable" distro?

That's what I've done. The arr suite is pretty damn convenient. Last time I did this I had to manually go fetch everything myself.

Keeping my eyes peeled for deals and things but may have to bite the bullet and just pay for one to at least try it out

Good question, didn't really consider that if I'm honest. Could use the torrents as backup/secondary

Good to know, thank you!