archive.org is hosted in the US and could end up being a valid target. It doesn’t strike me as being a very good place to securely store anything nowadays. I’d consider anything hosted in the US to be out.

Are those Windows only?

Then they go on .external, obviously.

It should be reserved for sex toys.

Just saying.

Does it work with porn videos?

What’s ice cream? Well, you add flavour to cream and mix it while refrigerating it. It’s a classic delicacy.

Well, there’s always, you know, mail.

In truth, I’m going to have to deal with a shitload of new stuff. I’m going with a Dell or Supermicro server (as in rackable server) with between 8 and 16 disks, so I’m also going to have to deal with new hardware (I suppose everyone kind of has to, since they’re not running their usual software). And of course, I’m also doing HomeAssistant stuff on top of that, with all the Zigbee (or whatever other proper protocols I can stick on MTQQ) stuff, or else where would the fun be.

It’s a good thing I’ve been managing Unix stuff for decades (not that it makes me feel any better about juggling a dozen new things at the same time).

ZFS is already a handful. I’m not sure if I want to add encryption on top of that.

Bold of you to assume sysadmins can wield a 5lb mallet. (I’m not completely sure what that is in real world weight, 2 ½ kg?).

I’m still in the planning stage of my home network (we’re redoing the whole place so I’m doing a proper network) and TrueNas will be at the centre of it. So far, I’m not considering encryption (my laptops have /home encrypted though).

I’m not sure what the risk of a Disney raid on my server is. It could be a real thing, or not. It really depends on many things.

However, all in all, the lack of a proper solution for a quick server wipe beyond the usual thermite load, is problematic.

In an enterprise setting, it’s probably a bit of a hassle with everything having to follow some kind of process…

You take the disk out, drill once through it (use a metal bit).

Done.

Takes a couple minutes.

There’s also things like grav or other simple flat file (and generally db less) tools.

Well, if the choice is with Ubuntu…

We all went through some educational episodes like yours.

Wisdom has to be earned the hard way. If we’re lucky, we’re just given a good scare.

It’s allowed for small children I think.

This doesn’t seem to be Unicode compliant.

Oh. I just run an rsync script for that. It updates an archive that’s on a NAS. Which will be replaced by a TrueNAS system next year.

To do what?