It could be replaced with Nextcloud Shadow volume replication is entirely possible with several filesystems or Hot Copy kernel mod. Also LVM does snapshotting

It could be replaced with Nextcloud Shadow volume replication is entirely possible with several filesystems or Hot Copy kernel mod. Also LVM does snapshotting fairly easily I may have got my prices a bit mixed up (I saw 120GB at Fry's for $60 last month) but my point stands. Also why is discomfort such a big problem for folks? Learn stuff.