NAS is how most people get into this. It’s nice have a /comfy/ home for all your data. Streaming your movies/shows around the house and to friends is good feels. Repurpose an old desktop, buy a SBC, or go with cheap used enterprise gear. Lots of options and theres even a flowchart. Ask.
/hsg/ is about learning and expanding your horizons. Know all about NAS? Learn virtualization. Spun up some VMs? Learn about networking by standing up a pfsense box and configuring some vlans. Theres always more to learn and chances to grow. Think you’re godtier already? Setup openstack and report back.
>What software should I run? install gentoo. Or whatever flavor of *nix is best for the job or most comfy for you. Emby to replace netflix, nextcloud to replace googlel, ampache to replace spotify, the list goes on and on. Look at the awesome selfhosted list and ask.
>Datahoarding ok here? YES - you are in good company. Shuck those easystores and flash IT mode on your H310. All datahoarding talk welcome.
>Do I need a rack and all that noisey enterprise gear? No. An old laptop or rpi can be a server if you want.
Are things like GNU Social and a blog best done on a home connection, or on a VPS in someone's data center somewhere? I want to fall for Lunduke Jr's epic host it yourself meme, but I don't want to pay monthly for a virtual machine to do it? I'm mostly concerned about my home network's security and bandwidth, not necessarily if my ISP wants to play ball.
Lincoln Harris
he's obviously gonna use em as collateral to negotiate himself a better deal very seriously doubt anyone whose name doesn't start with "senator" will ever see them
Thomas Martinez
Suddenly IPFS is a lot faster today Weird
Nathaniel Bennett
Best done on a home connection because it's easy but you need to isolate the web server from the rest of the network so use a vm or container, otherwise you'll be wasting resources
