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?
I’m sure you have a backup and that you’ve tested restoring it. Just have another machine that is available in the case something happens to the first.
E.g. I somehow fried the motherboard of my server while cleaning it. It took me days to troubleshoot the issue.
But I also have an old laptop strapped to the back of my TV that is used to stream media using Kodi. When this event happened, I installed a more appropriate OS on the TV laptop and restored my backup and was up and running in an hour or two. Then I could take the time to troubleshoot my issue and resolve it on my main server.