How far will a config backup get me in the event of a hardware failure?

wonderbread2

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I'm confused on how much info is stored in the config file that I can export a backup of in freenas.

If I have a boot drive failure (running freenas on an SSD and I hope it lasts for a long time but can't be sure), and I reinstall then import my config, how much of what I had comes back?

My datasets/permissions/users/shares/tasks?

can it do my plugins as well?

how powerful is the config file, and is it a good idea to setup some sort of boot drive backup in addition to exporting a copy every upgrade.
 

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