I believe the OP might be the cat. The cat has a complaining pose.

Thank you! I hope to be able to setup my first NAS soon.

I wish I knew how NAS and what to do in case of a failing hard drive.

Is it necessary to have it always powered on?

Covid is now in the endemic status. It will remain.

Is it easy to self host SearXNG? What is the minimum requirements needed to self host?

I wish I knew how to self host my own NextCloud server, and do necessary drive file transfers should I need to replace it.

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