Great news! I started my selfhost journey over a year ago, and I’m finding myself needing better hardware. There’s so many services I want that my NAS can’t handle. And I unfortunately need to add GPU transcoding to my Jellyfin setup.
What’s the best OS for a machine focused on containers and (getting started with) VMs? I’ve heard Proxmox
What CPU specs should I be concerned about?
I’m willing to buy a pre-built as long as its hardware has sufficient longevity.
borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Depending on how many bays your Synology is, you might be best off getting a nuc or a mini pc for compute and using your synology just for storage.
LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
It’s 4 bays, and we’re eating that space up quicker than I imagined
cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 days ago
I’m in the same boat. My 2 bay Synology is enough, but the apps and Docker containers are bringing it to its knees. I’m keeping the Synology and adding on a mini PC to run docker containers.
Found a mini PC with an i5-12500T for £240.
I’m a noob at this stuff, but I’m hyped to get more stability in what I host and start using more demanding services.
borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I have a 6 bay, so yeah that might be a little limiting. I have all my personal stuff backed up to an encrypted cloud mount, the bulk of my storage space is pirated media I could download again, and I have the Synology using SHR so I just plug in a bigger drive, expand the array, then plug in another bigger drive and repeat. Because of duplication sectors you might not benefit as much from that method with just 4 bays. Or if you have enough stuff you can’t feasible push to up to the cloud to give piece of mind during rebuilding I guess.
Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I run a 4 bay and a N100 NUC.
The Synology is almost a pure storage machine. Works really well with Proxmox on the side. Not a single file has made it kneel yet, and I’ve thrown some high bitrate badboys on it.
Is not upgrading the drives an alternative?
I feel like you sacrifice a lot of practicality removing the NAS, such as automatic backup from phones and very easy remote access.
Personally I also prefer separating data and software, so I don’t lose it all if a component fails.
Just my .02
myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 6 days ago
Plus one to this. It’s super nice separating concerns in this way.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
This is precisely what I do with my nas.
I have 9…ish tiny/mini/micros for compute, two NAS (locally).
Solid approach
Zikeji@programming.dev 6 days ago
9? That’s quite a bit of compute lol.
My journey started with 1 server, then 4, then 5 (one functioning as a NAS), then 1 (just the NAS box), then I moved and decided to slim it down to a proper NAS and 1 mini PC/NUC clone. Now I’m up to two because the first was an Intel N105 which just isn’t up for the challenges lol
Lem453@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I did his when I moved from unraid because I wanted better infra as code for my dockers etc. Kept unraid with all my drives and use NFS mounts