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Hello everyone, I am a long time lurker of this channel, and I finally decided to write my first post.

Two years ago I used my old desktop PC to run a home server using TrueNAS Scale. It is still running at the time of writing this.

It works so well in fact that I have grown more dependent on it over time. First it was just Jellyfin, then came all the Arr apps, Adguard, Syncthing, Immich, Forgejo, Wireguard...

What was supposed to be the "PC for backups" has turned into the angular stone of all my computers and devices.

The reason why I am posting today is because I am afraid of the day my server dies or I have to move out of my place (which might happen soon)

Does anyone know if it is possible to rent a cloud server where I could install TrueNAS and then have that be a "replica" of my local one to use in case of an emergency? Is this a bad idea? What is the ideam solution for this issue?

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

1st, definitely get backups offsite. Either cloud or drives at someone else's home, but do that.

When (not if) something breaks you'll need to fix it "now"

So, if you were intending on hosting a failover system in the cloud with Jellyfin, Adguard, Wireguard, etc. that won't be a simple replica - you'll need to redo your whole networking design.

IMHO, you're better having physical spare parts / devices at home and focus on that.

If you're running on an old PC, you'll probably be better getting a newer, more efficient (lower electricity costs) - possibly smaller and quieter - device and moving stuff across... your old PC can then be the backup device.

[–] camperotactico@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Sounds easier as well. I will look into it