monkeyman512

@monkeyman512@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In what way am I the product when using CloudFlare's free tier?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am no expert, so grains of salt and such. But my assumption is that it’s a marketing expense. They get a lot of people familiar with cloud flare services and some of them later need a professional level solution. So people use what they are already familiar with. This is the same reason why tech companies provide hardware/software to schools for cheap/free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨moved from truenas core to scale a month or two ago, and it's been a struggle. anyone else having issues running a truenas scale VM under proxmox? ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It will be controlled by Truenas not Proxmox. Truenas can add swap space to each drive automatically: www.ixsystems.com/documentation/…/storage.html

  But you probably already have existing drives so that doesn’t help. This might though: wiki.debian.org/Swap

  But be aware that Truenas is design to be an appliance and doesn’t really want you tinkering under the hood. So you may have to manually add the SWAP after each boot of TN.

  I would guess the best long term fix would be moving services out of the TN VM and into a different VM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨moved from truenas core to scale a month or two ago, and it's been a struggle. anyone else having issues running a truenas scale VM under proxmox? ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have TN Scale VM hosted in Proxmox. The only “issue” I have is the webgui gets pushed to SWAP if not used for more than a week. So when I connect it it literally takes a couple minutes while is gets shuffled back into RAM. Once it’s “warmed up” it’s fine. But my Scale VM is doing these things: manage ZFS pools, control NFS/Samba shares, replicate pool snapshots to off-site backup server. It intentionally have it do nothing else. All other services are in different VMs or LXC containers in Proxmox.

  Does your Scale install have any SWAP space setup? That should prevent out of memory issues. Potential performance issues would be better than crashing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Community Rule: "No low-effort posts. This is subjective and will largely be determined by the community member reports."⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can understand the potential problems of trying to define “low-effort post”. In contrast can guidelines be given for a “quality post”. If no guidance on either end is given it may discourage some people from posting anything. Maybe people can contribute what they see as indications of a “quality post”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework stops selling separate DDR5 RAM modules to fight scalpers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see how it would push manufacturers to do that. I can see how it would make consumers more open to soldered RAM if RAM is so expensive there is no way you are going to upgrade it later. But, I would be interested to get your thoughts as I miss stuff that feels obvious I’m hindsight all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do you explain selfhosting to the non-techies in your life?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just link them the story of a Dad getting locked out of his Google account after sending a picture of his child to the Doctor as part of remote care.

  theguardian.com/…/google-csam-account-blocked

  The point being they can fuck up your life on a whim and don’t care about the harm they will cause because your one out of millions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am attempting to get into self hosting after a shockingly frightening experience. I am very lost though.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an area where AI can be helpful. Tell the AI what Linux distro your on and what you want to do. Most of the time it will give you pretty good answer. If you don’t understand what it is telling you to do, ask it to explain the thing in detail. Most important thing though is to always verify what it tells you before you run stuff. Google search specific commands or use the “man” command to get documentation. The key thing is the AI can make you aware of CLI commands and tools more easily then trying to find what you need on your own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to set up a decentralized game/chat server⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are making it more complicated than needed. If you just want reliable service, just figure out who has the most reliable Internet and power and they can host the server. If you want to learn kubernets or docker swarm, you can try that but it will take a ton of upfront work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What about GiB?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New server sanity check⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Intel iGPU are very good for transcoding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apparent issues with ZFS on RPi 5⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly, but not entirely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot sauce is for Dad to protect his food from scavenging by lesser beings⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨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.