I solve this problem by buying a Synology (a popular, idiot proof NAS). Other trusted solution is QNAP. Yes, it’s cool to set up a FOSS FreeNAS server with ZFS

I solve this problem by buying a Synology (a popular, idiot proof NAS). Other trusted solution is QNAP. Yes, it’s cool to set up a FOSS FreeNAS server with ZFS pools. However, one look at the forum posts of people losing data due to misconfiguration tells me it should be considered a toy project. All of my important files live on the NAS as a source of truth. This means I passively make sure the data is there, every time I access something. It’s backed up using Hyper Backup to the cloud, in encrypted format. I verify restoration once a quarter. I also keep a HDD around that I manually backup to once a quarter.