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. Jellyfin 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.
Have a Dell T420, disk light showing constant activity, no visible program activity indicating anything is going on. Have already done a full reinstall, problem persists. Have also searched on Google, no explanation found.
Anyone here have some insight?
Colton Thomas
what are some ultra low powered machines for small server I really only need one disk and at least one RAM stick? can be x86 or arm
Jonathan Ross
>ultra low powered Maybe one of those Banana Pi boards? I think those even have a tiny case for the board and just one disk
Connor Walker
Maybe not 100% on-topic for this thread, but this would be the group of people to ask.
I recently ran a bunch of Cat6A (F/UTP) cable in my house. 6a was probably a bit overkill, but it wasn't that much more expensive than 6, so I just went with it. I'd like to eventually run 10G between my own computer any my home server. The cable is there, but I haven't added anything to the ends yet.
But I also want to want to set up a small rack mount for my home server and where all the cables come in. So for a patch panel, is it just a case of getting something like dynamix.co.nz/PP-UK-16 and loading it up with as many of dynamix.co.nz/FP-C6AUGS-01 as I need? I've never really dealt with anything rack mounted before.
Also, if I want to terminate Cat 6a shielded RJ45 connectors, do I need to use a special crimping tool, or would one that I used for 5e be good enough?
I need at least 8 GB ram that's why I wrote one RAM stick
Jace Phillips
Ah fuck sorry my bad You can perhaps get a secondhand or refurbished Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny/Dell Optiplex Micro/HP Elitedesk Mini? They run on those low TDP CPU's They're built for office work, but they run fine 24/7
Nolan Williams
just installed jellyfin to see 90% of my shit is not able to play without transcoding, is there a way to comfortably play my shit via mpv?
Michael White
cifs mounted samba share?
Elijah Ross
yes, im tired of going through a file manager everytime i want to watch some chinese cartoons
