Found out my buddy passed away today. Watching a movie on his server one more time before it goes down.
We both setup servers at about the same time a few years ago and shared with each other. I’m sure once the dust settles someone will pull the he plug on his server and it’ll be offline for good.
Watching School Of Rock on his server one more time while I can.
Edit: his server is officially offline now. Rest in peace.
I've always thought about writing a script that wipes the drives on my server if I don't check in once a month, but I'd inevitably forget to check in one month and be screwed.
Instead of wiping, just encrypt and write a script to shut down if you don't sign in within x amount of time. That way you won't lose your data if you're not able to sign in for some reason other than death.
I wrote a little garden plot called Exit Planning which was my initial plans for how to take over after I die. The end result is a sealed folder in a file cabinet that my partner knows to look at. In there, I have a page on my servers: contact information about who to handle administration/takeover, how much it costs, and what I would like to be done with it.
I have an agreement with two of my buddies that one of them will take my server and maintain it for my family if something happens to me, and I will do the see back.
Same. Mine is pretty automated but the second the power blips she isn’t going to find the power button and I’m sure the NAS will eventually get tossed in a box.