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Running services, network usage, memory usage, bandwidth, disk I/O, successful logins, whether the thing is even alive, etc...
So far my only method has been "hope and pray".

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[โ€“] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I notice something stopped working, or someone in the household notices.

Then I go fix it.

[โ€“] DeathByDenim@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

And the best time to notice that the backups weren't working is when you need access to the backup. ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Backups are pretty much the only thing I get notifications for. Otherwise, one app or another on my phone will complain if it loses connection to my server.

[โ€“] DeathByDenim@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

That and degraded RAID!

[โ€“] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Backups? In this economy?

But I need to get something working. I am about to move to VaultWarden and that makes me very nervous.

[โ€“] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 1 points 46 minutes ago

Don't take this as a reason to not do backups, but vaultwarden is essentially its own back up as it replicates the vault everywhere you use the app. I've recovered my vault several times from my phone.

[โ€“] Carol2852@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I run a vaultwarden container since forever and it's really smooth. All updates went through just fine, never had an issue with it.

[โ€“] Alfredolin@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Same. And I was also nervous in the beginning, but in the end if you are the only user, you'll have your vault replicated everywhere you have the app.