Piggybacking on this, is there an app that will easily download your emails from Gmail and MS for backup purposes? Something like a pop3 frontend that will archive with folders and tags.

One of the few manufacturers that have the 3.5mm jack and SD card. The only other one I can think of now is Motorola.

I’m going to go against the grain a bit and suggest studying for a certificate. Find one that looks interesting, and just prepare for it. You don’t necessarily have to get the certificate, but training for it will give you a good foundation for running your systems.

https://hackr.io/blog/best-linux-certifications

I know rebuilding containers is trivial, but updating a service in the UI is more trivial than that. I’m just trying to make my life as trivial as possible 😁. It seems like containers may be worth the little bit of extra effort.

Copying a response I wrote on another comment -

Thanks for this - the one advantage I’m noticing is that to update the services I’m running, I have to rebuild the container. I can’t really just update from the UI if an update is available. I can do it, it is just somewhat of a nuisance.

How often are there issues with dependencies? Is that a problem with a lot of software these days?

Thanks for this - the one advantage I’m noticing is that to update the services I’m running, I have to rebuild the container. I can’t really just update from the UI if an update is available. I can do it, it is just somewhat of a nuisance.

How often are there issues with dependencies? Is that a problem with a lot of software these days?

This was the first hit on proxmox vps.

https://hostkey.com/vps/proxmox/

I have no idea if they are good or not, but this kind of service might be what you’re looking for?

For me, it’s the ability to add multiple apps to folders with a checklist.

I don’t know anything about F2FS. I was surprised to see it do so well.

I imagine for home lab stuff, filesystems usually won’t be the bottleneck? Is there any case where a home user might benefit from a faster filesystem?

So use syncthing on all your devices. It will let you selectively sync folders.

I ran upon this video today. It might be helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO8Kfi4qpY8

Thanks, those are good links. I don’t know anything about power supplies/demands, sorry I can’t be a better conversation partner.

There might be similar boards on AliExpress, but I haven’t seen ones with as many SATA ports.

The are similar (the same?) boards all over Amazon and AliExpress. I would be interested in knowing what you find out. Good luck!

I’ve been looking at this for a bit: https://a.co/d/2FMhmIY

I haven’t checked any reviews, but it might be something to look into.

Not OP, but I use this download manager. It has been good.

https://www.downthemall.org/

I believe so.

I’ve got a Frankenstein setup that wasn’t really thought out that well when I started. I’ll probably end up changing it later. If you go the Proxmox route, check out the partitioning suggestions carefully before you begin.

I’ve got an old minitower that replaced a mini PC setup. I wanted to bring my hdd into the box and connect via SATA instead of an external HDD on USB. I’ll probably get a bigger case to make installing HDDs more convenient.

I don’t really understand the partitioning to be honest. I have a 512gb nvme that is split up into a couple of partitions for VMs, ISO’s, backups and things for Proxmox. Then I have some other HDDs and SSDs that I use for files. Nothing in raid yet, but I’m hoping to add a couple of more HDDs. Then I’ll connect them to OMV and put them in raid.

I’m currently hosting radarr, sonarr, prowlarr and overseerr. It’s really convenient.

When I was in your shoes about 8 months ago, I opted for Proxmox and don’t regret it. Since then, I’ve been able to try different NAS OSs, experiment with different hosted services, etc. it gives you a lot of freedom to set up a VM, try a bunch of stuff, and then delete it and implement a fresh solution when you’re satisfied with something.

If you do that, you might consider having the operating system and VMs on one disk. If you decide on NAS software, many pass through the storage drives to the NAS directly.

I’m probably going to end up with the following:

• Base Proxmox
• NAS VM - OMV with NFS shares available to other services, SMB for the network
• VM for -arr services
• Plex on an LXC - a script helped me set the up
• (Maybe) VM for home assistant
• VM for other home services I need, like Immich
• Maybe a VM for hosting things publicly
• Testing VM

I hope this is helpful!

I have an off-site Synology that is also killing me trying to get it connected. Did you realize they don’t allow ssh on their VPN service?

For me, pros are:

• Fun to learn something new
• Easy to test different systems. For example, I can play with different router or NAS software without having a separate computer around.
• I’ve been able to create different “computers” that serve different needs and require different levels of security.
• Currently, a cluster is probably overkill, it was a fun experiment.

Cons

• Updating all the different systems can be a pain. I could probably automate it, but I haven’t made the time to learn it yet.
• As a beginner, I’m throwing a bunch of parts together and hoping it will work. I should probably be more strategic in my implementation, but I don’t know what to prioritize. I’m sure I’ll have to start over in the future.
• With the previous point, the storage setup doesn’t seem very intuitive. I probably need to set up that better.
• I haven’t quite figured out backups yet. My VM backups all seem too big. I need to figure that out and automate it.

Hope this is helpful.