lka1988
@lka1988@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on US fab construction costs twice as much, takes twice as long as Taiwan 13 hours ago:
Nice. Appears mine is currently illuminated 😅
- Comment on What does the 3-2-1 rule look like for you? 3 days ago:
Fair point.
- Comment on What does the 3-2-1 rule look like for you? 3 days ago:
Toss in another drive for RAID5. That way you can at least have some redundancy…
- Comment on What does the 3-2-1 rule look like for you? 4 days ago:
I’ve never heard of Borgmatic before… How’s it work?
- Comment on What does the 3-2-1 rule look like for you? 4 days ago:
Real selfhosters know
- Comment on Which reverse proxy do you use/recommend? 4 days ago:
I like NPM, it’s simple, but also allows for more complex configs as well if needed. I run it in its own LXC because I have other non-dockerized things that are exposed.
- Comment on Help Reviewing My Server Setup? 4 days ago:
True, I noticed that as well. Still, it’s worth moving bare-metal docker installations to VMs. Easier to manage IMO.
- Comment on Help Reviewing My Server Setup? 5 days ago:
Instead, run a few virtual machines with a few services in each.
That’s what I meant, I guess it wasn’t very clear. When I say “stack”, I mean multiple services.
- Comment on Help Reviewing My Server Setup? 5 days ago:
Not everything plays nice in Docker, and there are plenty of those services that also don’t need a full VM to operate. LXC is great for those edge cases. Otherwise I agree, a few VMs for various Docker stacks is the way to go.
- Comment on Help Reviewing My Server Setup? 5 days ago:
Just remember the KISS principal: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Keep the NAS as a NAS, and I would honestly trim all of that down to a clustered hypervisor setup (like Proxmox) with dedicated VMs to run each stack. That way if you need to take a machine down for whatever reason, you can migrate its VMs/containers to another machine, with minimal downtime, so you can do whatever it is you need to do with said machine.
Full disclosure: this is what I do. I was in your shoes before.
- Comment on I can not over express how happy I am with having setup my NAS from scratch. 5 days ago:
Oh I’m always doing something with it, it’s basically my winter hobby haha. I’m currently building a “new” NAS out of an old HP Proliant G2 case (from like 2002) and 7th gen Intel hardware, to replace the current Mac mini/4-bay Sabrent DS-SC4B. Still gonna keep it running OMV, because it’s awesome, but the USB connection between the Mac and drive station is cumbersome.
- Comment on I can not over express how happy I am with having setup my NAS from scratch. 5 days ago:
I wouldn’t mind that, but I have a bad habit of over-tinkering with the system files. Having Proxmox as a base where I can spin up VMs and containers to fuck with to my heart’s content is far more ideal in my situation. Plus, my entire cluster - NAS included - pulls 100-120 watts.
- Comment on I can not over express how happy I am with having setup my NAS from scratch. 5 days ago:
I’ve done this before. That’s why I have a Proxmox cluster separate from my NAS now.
- Comment on I can not over express how happy I am with having setup my NAS from scratch. 5 days ago:
It’s best of a NAS remains as a dedicated NAS and nothing else, that way if you’re experimenting and fuck something up, it doesn’t take your data with it when it goes down. I would build a separate machine to tinker with; share the appropriate folders on the NAS with whatever service(s) you’re running.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 1 week ago:
Chest freezers are very efficient. Ours is usually full, so it stays nice and cold unless you leave it unplugged for like a week straight.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 1 week ago:
I watched it as it booted, didn’t pull much more than 150 watts. But it’ll be interesting to see how it goes over time.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 1 week ago:
FYI - the cluster is pulling 115 watts.
- 1x Mac mini 2014, running OMV as a dedicated NAS (i5-4308U, 16GB RAM)
- 4-bay Sabrent DS-SC4B, attached to Mac mini (3x 4TB WD Reds in RAID5, 1x 4TB WD Black as hot spare)
- 1x 8TB WD backup drive (it’s something)
- 2x HP Elitedesk 800 G3 mini (or G4, don’t remember), both running Proxmox (i7-7700T, 32GB RAM each)
- 1x Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF running Proxmox (i7-7700, 32GB RAM)
All running multiple VMs (Docker and other) and LXC containers.
I’m impressed, honestly. I was expecting 200+ watts minimum. It’ll be interesting to see the spikes as it’s used over time.
- Comment on What is everyone using as a HTPC? 1 week ago:
What is WAF?
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
Current spike from both freezers starting up
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I never expect a financial ROI for hobbies; the ROI for that is nothing more than my own enjoyment.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, my power bill is pretty reasonable already, considering my large family plus all the electronics I run. I just like seeing what everything is doing as a matter of curiosity.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
That’s certainly one way to do it…
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
Ah, but only one is a chest freezer 😉
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
That’s either a super efficient PC or a really old freezer 😂
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
My entire master bedroom suite is on one 15A circuit. That’s how most houses are. The lights are currently those damn CFL lights, so they aren’t exactly difficult to dim - CFLs almost do it on their own when they’re close to dying (which these ones are).
That, and it’s a rental house.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
I’m eyeballing HWINFO64, it’s saying my GPU is idling at ~28W and the CPU is idling at ~36W. Add a couple watts for the fans, various peripherals, and waste heat; it’s close to what I saw earlier.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
The plugs are rated for 1800W each. Should be fine. I hit 670W a bit earlier, running Furmark VK and Cinebench R23 multi-core simultaneously for shits and giggles.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
It’s ~90W at idle; the plug is monitoring everything at my desk. No spinning rust, all solid state. Settings for CPU and GPU are all default at the moment. It does have an 850W PSU, but I’ve had it pulling over 700W at one point (dimming my bedroom lights), so that’s somewhat justified 😅
I’ll dig into settings later, but for now I’m good just turning it off unless I’m using it.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 weeks ago:
Part of why I’m going with the ‘T’ variant of the Pentium G4560 on my custom NAS build.
