monkeyman512

@monkeyman512@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Be aware if you have the iGPU as the only video output device and passthrough to a VM it will no longer show what the host system is doing. This would be referred to as a headless server. I would suggest making sure you can SSH into the host before doing that. LearnLinuxTV has guides for how to do that with best security practices.

  Docker works differently, so it may not be an issue with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Truenas uses KVM for virtual machines. So that will allow GPU passthrough, but may require command line and config files to do it. For docker this seems relevant: forums.truenas.com/t/…/11797

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When you read files from the ZFS filesystem it will automatically keep the files in RAM. This is called the ARC and it is why people frequently recommend having a lot of RAM with ZFS. The ARC is very effective, automatic, and has no risk because it only caches reads. A cache drive is a secondary ARC generally using a fast SSD. The problem is that it generally only helps performance when you are reading lots of small files multiple times. This is because ZFS does so well reading large files from HDD that it doesn’t make much of a difference.

  In short: If you already have the drive and want to play with the feature, go for it. But if your going to spend money on the drive, you will probably be better served spending it on more RAM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume the cache drive is for your ZFS pool. You probably don’t need that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TrueNAS 25.10 Begins Testing With Faster Performance, 400GbE Networking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What about GiB?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New server sanity check⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Intel iGPU are very good for transcoding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apparent issues with ZFS on RPi 5⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Other people have already talked about why you are having performance issues with the Pi. As for a better NAS solution you will probably be better off with a used desktop PC from the last 10 years. If the computer doesn’t have enough SATA ports you can get a sata addon card or HBA (host buss adapter) addon card flashed in IT mode. You should be able to find a lot of options on eBay. Maybe people can chime in with specific models to look at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your VPN recommendations for accessing self-hosted applications from the outside?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tailscale. You can make a free account and they have clients for most things. If you want to self host, Headscale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My setup is very influenced by consolidating multiple hosts to a single host. So far this setup has been extremely stable for me with the only quirk being the Truenas web gui initially loads very slowly if I haven’t accessed in a couple days. I assume it’s because all the memory for that has gone to swap to make space for caching.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Truenas has the primary focus of being a NAS. Running apps or VMs is more of a side thing. It can do these things fine, but because it’s not the primary focus it doesn’t get the same level of polish as the NAS aspects.

  My personal solution is to run Proxmox as the host OS with a Truenas VM. Any other services I want to run get to live in VMs or LXC containers. For example all my docker services run across 3 VMs with a docker swarm setup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Satisfactory with some friends. We just unlocked trains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Etsy cracks down on 3D printed products — new rules exclude many 3D printed items from listings⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume that is about hitting duplicate items. If there are 100 people selling the EXACT same dragon, hit them all and sort out the details later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fresh Proxmox install w/ full disk encryption—so install Debian first, then Proxmox on top?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any reason you need to encrypt the host OS information? I would assume anything interesting would be in the VM and you could probably have the VM encrypt it’s own storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First server: Buying hardware in a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To make sure there is not a misunderstanding, the wattage of a PSU is not how much power it will draw. The wattage is how much is can supply. So if you have a 1000w PSU, but all your components draw 200w of power it will use about 200w of power.

  Additionally, if you plan to get a lot of HDDs in the future, do some research on power rails. Some PSUs are designed to only be able to supply a small amount of power to things like HDDs because most people only have 1 or 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best option for hosting ebooks and audiobooks?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have used audiobook shelf to read a couple of PDF files. Seemed to work fine. I mostly use it for audio books.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I find the constant stream of people hyper focused on the worst possible outcome tiresome and frustrating. But instead of responding with that, I intentionally tried to express compassion and concern for a complete stranger. But because this is the Internet, naturally people interpret my actions with the worst possible intent.

  That being said, how are you doing? Have anything fun you are looking forward to?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your view seems to be hyper focused on the most pessimistic way of interpreting things. Are you doing OK? Seriously, I know how easy it is for everything going on to overwhelm you with negativity. How are you doing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it would be a good idea to do a section of your work with and without AI modification. Then have people listen to both and give feedback. Good to find out if people like the modifications before you do a tone of work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That depends entirely on how profitable it is and how much they can get authors onboard.

  I do agree that a good narrator delivers a performance that adds the work. James Marster will always be Harry Dresden in my head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is coal and fossil fuels still used?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen some videos talking about iron based battery tech. My understanding is that is doesn’t wear out nearly as fast as lithium based tech and less of a fire risk. Downside is that it is less energy dense, so doesn’t work for mobile applications. But that shouldn’t be a problem for stationary applications, like the power grid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot sauce is for Dad to protect his food from scavenging by lesser beings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly, but not entirely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot sauce is for Dad to protect his food from scavenging by lesser beings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also as you get older and your nervous system degrades things are perceived as being bland. So add spicy because people will frequently choose pain over boredom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True. This may actually be a boon to smaller devoplers who can sell games for less money because there development costs are less ambitious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, prices will only go down if sales go down massively. And since video games are likely being used as an emotional coping mechanism, that seems unlikely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, economists claim⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would guess the AI capabilities were over sold and even when it can do useful work it still requires a lot of human hand holding. It’s like a very enthusiastic intern, very motivated but you need to double check it’s work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moving servers and rack equipment⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have mechanical HDD you may want to get a foam lined case and anti static bags. That should be the best approach to avoid drive damage.

  As for leaving things in the rack, I am concerned that road vibration could walk screws out. That would be bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand that your concerned for the person, but simply telling them that they need to produce proof before you can go any further seems fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a child of the 90s we grew up with PC Political Correctness. Is that WOKE but just in a different form?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically it is the trendy word to say, “This thing does not align to my narrow world view and is therefore bad and wrong.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hype-fueling science fiction or plausible scenarios?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a part of the problem with current AI is that it’s trying to be an expert on all things. Humans can have similar issues, were they are legitimately an expert in one field and makes them over confident in other areas. So current AI is a better bit then a newb at lots of things and over confident. Haveing models with more focused training would improve how useful they are.

  Like your example, it would be great to have an AI that is focused on how to do good research and doesn’t try to be an “expert” on anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT spends 'tens of millions of dollars' on people saying 'please' and 'thank you', but Sam Altman says it's worth it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been using it for documentation a lot recently. I find tweaking/correcting it’s 70% correct comments to be less time/effort than writing it myself from nothing. I think part of it is using Cunningham’s law on myself.