I'd rather have a backup than a replica.

It’s cheaper to build a new server. Cloud.. just isn’t cheap. Makes sense for accounting purposes and business reliability standards to a degree but not much for home use.

This happened to me:

1. I need a server for my Linux ISO backuos
2. i want to be able to automatically turn in a thing but only when it needs to be on. I guess i need Homeassistant.

Now my whole family relies on this underpowered house of cards.

Folks, tell me if this is a good idea - OP gets a backblaze subscription. Backs up everything on that system - all the forgejo stuff, all the immich stuff, all the Arr content.

If/when stuff breaks, OP… gets a backblaze drive home with their stuff and returns it after reinstating their backups?

Yeah, but it’s relatively expensive. It’s easier to have a friend willing to let you set up a pc on their network that your server backs up to. Even better if you can do the same for them.

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.