I used VMs some time ago but never managed to look deeper into separation of bare metal vs VMs. Hence I can’t assess this reasonably.
Docker got me interested when it started and after discovering its networking capabilities I never looked back.
Basically I’m trying to minimize the possibility that by intercepting one dockerized service the attacker is able to start interacting with all devices. And I have lots of devices because of a fully automated house. ;)
My paranoia will ensure the constant growth of privacy and security :)
Guessing it is more a habit from back in time when ssl certification wasn’t common. Panic of MITM attacks, friends sharing their trusted access to other friends, etc. all contributed to my actual status of paranoia.
Don’t make me reconsider my cybersec approach ;)
Personally I use Raspi 2 and Zero for that purpose. HATS for digital connection or if you want connecting speakers directly consider AMP2 HAT.
Homeassistant controls grouping, volume etc.
If I'm understanding you correctly, you could make use of a shell script for this. Use WGET to download lists, then combine them into a single large file, and finally create a new file with no duplicates by using “awk '!visited[$0]++'”
Beets is my favorite tagger since I prefer CLI.
Match making policy can be adjusted and discogs plugin can be added
I recommend the folder structure /artist/album/track
I think you can’t track data corruption either because you will find out only when it occurred. Same is valid for SMART values as you correctly state.
I believe it is a mix of using zfs, ECC and SMART monitoring. https://phoenixnap.com/blog/data-corruption
Thanks for clarifying the intricacies connected to SMART monitoring.
SMART value monitoring helped me finding faulty drives, not only once. And drives are tested before adding to a production system.
Certainly system drives are separate from data drives. The latter can be perfectly monitored by SMART values.
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Added passive cooling for PI running HA and never encountered any issues.