I know that for data storage the best bet is a NAS and RAID1 or something in that vein, but what about all the docker containers you are running, carefully configured services on your rpi, installed *arr services on your PC, etc.?

Do you have a simple way to automate backups and re-installs of these as well or are you just resigned to having to eventually reconfigure them all when the SD card fails, your OS needs a reinstall or the disk dies?

  • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8•1 year ago

    HA is not redundancy. It may protect from a drive failure but it completely ignores data corruption issues.

    I learned this the hard way when my cryptomator decided to corrupt some of my files, and I noticed but didn’t have backups.

    • rentar42
      2•1 year ago

      yeah, there’s a bunch of lessons that tend to only be learned the hard way, despite most guides mentioning them.

      similarly to how RAID should not be treated as a backup.