Re: encryption. The server is encrypted, as are all the VMs (except ones I don't care about, say running a small web app or whatever). Most stuff is in KeePass, and the database is then backed up. The encryption keys…
No, not really. It isn't a huge time investment if you know all this well (let's say you sysadmin for work). Of course it is not feasible for most people to do this, just like it's not feasible for me personally to…
Agreed. That's exactly how I feel as well. I'm only dependent on my own machines.
I use HyperV. The server reboots once a month for security updates. Guests - it depends on the OS the guest is running. I follow standard best practice for each OS. The server has encrypted drives, and each VM disk is…
1 - Synology has mail software that can backup any IMAP mailbox 2 - Searched, emailed, asked questions. I ended up with three or four quotes and picked one 3 - It's only a few hundred miles away geographically. Latency…
Yes and no. My spouse can easily access anything family related - pictures, documents, passwords (keepass) from their computer. The NAS and the Colo Server both present as shared drives on the network and they use it…
I'm not the OP, but I have been doing this for some years now. Here's how I went about it. I got out of social media in early 2012. Deleted FB and Twitter. I do maintain a presence on LinkedIn, but I never post anything…
Re: encryption. The server is encrypted, as are all the VMs (except ones I don't care about, say running a small web app or whatever). Most stuff is in KeePass, and the database is then backed up. The encryption keys…
No, not really. It isn't a huge time investment if you know all this well (let's say you sysadmin for work). Of course it is not feasible for most people to do this, just like it's not feasible for me personally to…
Agreed. That's exactly how I feel as well. I'm only dependent on my own machines.
I use HyperV. The server reboots once a month for security updates. Guests - it depends on the OS the guest is running. I follow standard best practice for each OS. The server has encrypted drives, and each VM disk is…
1 - Synology has mail software that can backup any IMAP mailbox 2 - Searched, emailed, asked questions. I ended up with three or four quotes and picked one 3 - It's only a few hundred miles away geographically. Latency…
Yes and no. My spouse can easily access anything family related - pictures, documents, passwords (keepass) from their computer. The NAS and the Colo Server both present as shared drives on the network and they use it…
I'm not the OP, but I have been doing this for some years now. Here's how I went about it. I got out of social media in early 2012. Deleted FB and Twitter. I do maintain a presence on LinkedIn, but I never post anything…