Nice philosophy.
I’m kinda in the middle ground here.
I backup “everything” from my raspberries, and just \home for laptops but for an actual disaster recovery I’d just do a clean install, get an IP address and then reinstall everything via Ansible, then drag my home data back off the NAS
But… I like that statement. I’ll use that at work.
I suggest you have 2 separate physical devices.
1 - a NAS 2 - a server that you’re running everything on.
Use OMV for the NAS if you’re not technical enough / want less maintenance and just keep your data there with only a backup app installed,
On the other device pick whatever you’re comfortable with, docker is the mainstream choice, you’ll get loads of youtube / forum / lemmy support, but there’s other options of course.
The advantage to this setup is that you can backup your server and if when you f*ck up you can restore it again.
Less eggs in more baskets
And as others have said, look at your router & internet security too
And not using php for a webui
Technically, all* could be. They’re just indexing the torrents that are out there.
*all = the ones that would list TV shows, etc. of course
SMART data will show the data you mentioned; age of the drive, max temperatire, etc.
I always do a full scan of a new drive too - no matter the supplier
Taking this at different levels…
Offsite storage (assuming you have something at home): Hetzner storage boxes (2 different countries to choose from)
VPS for actually doing something, also Hetzner, but, I also use MythicBeasts for a UK specific host and they also host Raspberry Pi servers (not checked the price), so maybe that’s something to consider to dip your toe into the waters
Not sure why you’re being downvoted, but you’re absolutely correct
The NAS is on site, yes. It’s backed up to Hetzner - inc. it’s own
/etc,/home, etc. so the NAS itself is kinda a 2-1 (2 backups, 1 offsite), but it would be a lot of rework to restore and that’s the device I’d need to recover everything else in case of a total disaster (like a house fire).(🤔 better check the Hetzner encryption is noted in my keypass file)
I do need to get it’s config setup in Ansible though so it can be rebuilt automatically, but Ansible for single devices can be a little overkill and difficult to maintain.
Similar for my hypervisor box… damn… there goes some more evenings…