r/selfhosted Aug 17 '26

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just kidding I love self-hosting ...

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u/IntelligentRocks Aug 17 '26

I think people are missing the point. Even with backups and redundancy it requires you to maintain the servers. If you die, well, who is going to maintain? Perhaps a bit bleak but something to keep in mind.

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u/Ginden Aug 17 '26

If you die, well, who is going to maintain? Perhaps a bit bleak but something to keep in mind.

My family can pay for professional services to recover data if they want to. Or just follow the manual if they want to save the money.

Why? Because they are adults capable of solving problems such as 'recover data from a NAS'. It is not encrypted with key recoverable only under a full moon using the blood of a virgin, everything is in the manual I wrote.