Transitioning from Synology to unRAID, and I think I'm almost fully decided on running xfs-encrypted arrary. I figure photos, joplin, paperless-ngx...for me it's more against physical theft and I guess a bit for RMA, as some have pointed out. I know if someone broke into my place, I might have bigger things to worry about, but if they stole my hard drives, at least easily accessing the data on them isn't one thing I have to worry about.

However, I am aware of what this implies and I am trying to get my ducks in a row before setting up my array; and then testing it before putting any data on it. I will be doing offsite backups to my old Synology device for data, and the LUKS encryption key can be stored within a bitwarden; additionally, did some more reading and it would be prudent to also backup the LUKS Headers. I came across this older post that is a script you can run that will back up these headers; however, given the post is from 2021, is it still applicable/functional to unRAID today, and/or, can I just run a backup via terminal commands. Given it isn't something I need to run on any sort of schedule (my understanding is only when I add a new drive, or change my passphrase); doing it once via terminal is okay with me.

Thank you in advance, and I'm excited to be joining the unRAID community! :)

The script should still work. I recommend asking in the existing thread, but you can always do it manually.

Thank you JorgeB, I'll look more into it, and inquire more in original thread. That's my fault; I've come from forums where I see a post that old and assume its been archived or locked, and didn't take time to look properly. Apologies.