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It's not for lack of trying, but I've never really been able to successfully set up redirects in Traefik or Caddy

Even asking ChatGPT for help.

I ended up having success using Nginx Proxy Manager, which has a beautiful interactive UI. Despite running from a DockerCompose /Portainer

Now.. if only I could distill the entire configuration into a backup file..

One thing for you to consider: Software RAID is no longer a dirty word and somewhat suspicious.

As current processors have a lot of power available, it becomes unnecessary to have a controller and a specialized processor. You can find good and solid RAID systems in free software, much more tested than a controller from... a beginner manufacturer.

More flexible configurations, more maintenance and recovery tools, more sophisticated security, better logs and, especially, great integration into virtualization platforms like Vmware and Proxmox.

A low-end motherboards usually have only 4 native SATA ports, the ones with more are costly. You will need a extra pci-e sata raid card (4 a 6 ports, usually), but they are dirt cheap.

If you are use mostly as a Plex box, a Linux with Docker/Portaineir is good enough. But you can explore some 'storage oriented' distros, like Unraid (non-free, but isn't costly), who also can run a dockerized Plex without problems.

I am very partial about of use of MergerFS storage, the 'poor man raid', as I said. Without redundancy or disaster recovery, but easy and cheaper to build.

Before some months ago my domestic server are a archaic Core 2 Duo refurbished workstation and my desktop a 2013 MacBook.

A souped-up desktop with some silent (Noctua) fans now can do both the roles, with a lot less hassle.

I am a old geek, 30+ years in IT, and, believe me, I tried.

I tried Proxmox and gave up, too much complicated in how to share mass storage between different VMs

Now I use PopOS, the "poor man raid" MergerFS to store the data and Docker/Portaineir to run my services: Plex, Jellyfin and Syncthing. And there's still plenty of power to occasionally play Diablo4 using Lutris.

PopOS is already pre-configured for games, otherwise my choice is Debian. I'm a little suspicious about Ubuntu, I believe it is positioning itself to sell a premium version. Or worse, for a monthly subscription.