I do restore my VMs to deplicate VMs to test from time to time (it's pretty easy with Proxmox) but I use Restic for data backups which encrypts the data before uploading it, so one should restore a backup to a different folder to ensure the data integrity and that you didn't forget your keys ahah
You don't have to do it every week or month, but it's worth doing it a few times a year or when you change something!
Pis consume lower power, but are less powerful also. I think thr Power Consumption VS Performance is way better on Tiny/Mini/Micros. The Pi4 may idle at 3-4W where a 8th gen USSF will idle at 6-8W, but will provide more than 2x the performance IMO.
I prefer paying almost the same price for a USSF with an i5-8500T than a Pi, even if it consume more, idle under 10W is great, and they let you go up to 65W if needed!
They are Ultra Small Form Factors PCs from the big brands. Lenovo ThinkCenter Tiny, HP EliteDesk/ProDesk Mini and Dell Optiplex Micro. They are small, quiet, they don't pull a lot of power and they are not too expensive when you get second-hand ones that are decomissioned from business environments.
The only thing is that they don't have a lot of room for expansion/storahe. Some some have 1x M.2 port for NVMe + 1x 2.5" slot, some have 2x M.2 ports. Most don't have PCie ports (apart a few Tinys) but if you want affordable nodes, they can be great!
Edit: you can read more here https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimicro-home-lab-revolution/
I decided to go with Tiny/Mini/Micros personally. It consumes more than a Pi but it's also more powerful. I can find second-hand TMMs locally with 8th gen Intel i5 for almost the same price as a Pi kit (Some Single Board Computers looks affordable, but you often need to add storage, a power brick, an enclosure, which can add up quickly!)
I use TMMs with a mix of 6th-gen and 8th-gen Intel i5. The 6th gen are decent for my needs, but the >7th-gen's iGPU supports more codecs, which is useful if you want to stream HEVC. i5-8500T also have 2 more cores than i5-6500T!
Edit: those TMMs are used in a lot of businesses and often replaced every 3-4 years. They may be slightly more power hundry than newer hardware, but I like to think I am saving them from being e-waste!
Personally I do:
Maybe it's overkill, maybe it's not enough, I'll know when something fail and I am screwed, ahah
As a note, everybody should test/check their backup frequently. I once had an issue after changing an IP address and figured out half my backups where not working 6 month later...
Just a note that the 2 in the 3-2-1 backup strategy isn't for the 2 on-site backup, but for "on at least 2 type of medias" (because 2 HDDs with the same age might fail around the same time, for instance)
I never had to provide the server address kr to relogin in the app personally. That's an annoying bug you had!
Jveux dire, je post ce que j'ai envie de poster, mais j'ai rien à montrer aux grosse compagnie (GAFAM et tout). Je disais ca surtout parce que certains diraient que je fais ça parce que j'ai des choses à cacher/je fait des choses pas legit, mais c'est pas le cas!
Oui, un peu comme les addresses courriels
That's what I was thinking for the next build. Having all clients running on the same Pi isn't necessarily the best idea, espacially with the Pi4 as the USB controller have a buffer issue I didn't have on my Pi3 when running multiple USB soundcards
I have a similar (if not the same) error and I tryed everything without success. I can boot from the SD card but the SD card reader isn't recognized by the OS. (I have two identical servers and the other one, which has no issues, is able to read the SD from the OS)
Not an issue for me, just sad that I know have a permanent warning and cannot boot in IntiligentProvisionning, which I don't use anyway