I've run it on every pi I've used for several years now, though they are typically pretty quiet systems. Usually something like pihole or a reverse proxy. Not much writing going on. I've restored about a dozen of those images and never had an issue.
I also tend to keep 3-6 backups at a time. If the most recent is messed up for some reason, there's others to try. (though I've never actually had to try more than one)
That's what ~~conversions~~ conversations with actual people are for.
I collect vast amounts of media of all sorts, then look through it based on recommendations from friends/family, as well as looking at actors/studios/genres I enjoy.
I don't need everything fed to me by a computer, I'll explore my own interests.
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The 'arrs handle actually finding/managing media files
Overseer/Jellyseer/Ombi are interfaces for you and your users to request media to be added to the 'arrs. Either directly, or after approval by an admin.
The imdb lists are monitored by Radarr, but aren't created by me.
I just found a few public lists I like and now whenever new content is added to those lists by their maintainers, Radarr adds+downloads it.
The 'popular', 'trending new shows'/'up comming movies', and 'most anticipated' lists in NZB360 (android app for managing the whole 'arr stack and more)
User requests via Ombi (it also has lists like above to look through)
Random titles I find on Lemmy.
Word of mouth.
Oh yeah: and IMDB lists added to radarr. Lists for various studios, and a big standup comedy list.
Then when the main PI returns it creates a conflict...
Don't you then run into MAC conflicts?
How do you keep both on the network?
How do you manage automatically transferring the ip of the main rpi to the backup rpi when the first disappears?
I setup a second pihole for redundancy.
90% of network traffic uses the primary, but some things like to use both or exclusively the secomd one on random days.
I use Gravity-Sync to keep the settings/lists between them identical. (lots of local dns records for local self-hosted stuff, and each device has a static ip + dns record to identify it easily in logs)
I host an openVPN instance from a Debian machine with my phone permanently connected to it.
Keeps my phone within my lan while roaming so it has access to non-public services like pihole, the arr stacks management interfaces, ssh/ftp, etc. Also keeps my browsing private + secure on public/work wifi.
Only the things I share with others like Emby get exposed to WAN (through a reverse proxy), the rest is VPN/LAN access only.
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