lka1988
@lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on What's your opinion on Ubiquiti/Unifi gear? 4 days ago:
I’ve been running the original Unifi Dream Machine since it released in 2019. Been pretty solid, no complaints.
I like my Unifi setup, I’m just scared of a rug pull.
Same here.
- Comment on Should I be using Debian? 1 week ago:
Proxmox, ironically, is also based on Debian.
- Comment on Should I be using Debian? 1 week ago:
One of us… One of us…
- Comment on Server ROI Calculator 1 week ago:
There is still the topic of power usage, data usage, time spent doing maintenance, and accounting for failing hardware and hardware upgrades.
- Comment on Server ROI Calculator 1 week ago:
The fuck? You know self-hosting can be classed as a hobby, right?
Never, EVER get into a hobby expecting some sort of monetary return. The only real “return” of any hobby is your enjoyment of said hobby. If you’re not enjoying it, why are you even doing it?
- Comment on Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted apps 1 week ago:
Still gotta configure ports for the reverse proxy to access.
- Comment on Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted apps 1 week ago:
I don’t run a service unless it has reasonably good documentation. I’ll go through it first and make sure I understand how it’s supposed to run, what port(s) are used, and if I have an actual, practical use case for it.
You’re absolutely correct in that sometimes the documentation glosses over or completely omits important details. One such service is Radicale. The documentation for running a Docker container is severely lacking.
- Comment on How to run programs sandboxed on a work pc 1 week ago:
Answer:
Don’t. She can use a personal laptop if she absolutely must have it.
- Comment on If you have one, how much do you pay for a domain name? Any cheap registrar recommendations? 2 weeks ago:
Seriously, my ISP (XMission - local and fucking awesome) charges $27/mo minimum for a VPS
- Comment on Alternatives to syncthing for syncing files with android 3 weeks ago:
Oh, damn.
- Comment on Alternatives to syncthing for syncing files with android 3 weeks ago:
The maintainer for the Play Store version recently started maintaining a non-Play Store version as well.
- Comment on Nametag: Self-hostable personal relationships manager 3 weeks ago:
Same here. I still have a Monica instance running, but I don’t think I’ve touched it in at least a year…
- Comment on Self hosting hardware - what are your experiences with Lenovo ThinkCentre as homelab server? 4 weeks ago:
Used office PCs are some of the best value home servers you’ll come across. The Lenovo ThinkCentre, HP Elitedesk, and Dell Optiplex are fantastic machines with oodles of official documentation available straight from the OEM, and many come with built-in OOB management in the form of Intel AMT.
- Comment on NAS build guidance - choice paralysis 5 weeks ago:
Fair points. My entire homelab setup of five PCs pulls a total of 90-120W at any given time.
I’m gonna go check that 6th gen now that I’m home…
- Comment on NAS build guidance - choice paralysis 5 weeks ago:
Intriguing, but not within the scope of this post. Plus I don’t have a spare Raspberry Pi - I’d be spending more to buy one and kit it up properly than utilizing what’s already built into the board.
- Comment on NAS build guidance - choice paralysis 5 weeks ago:
I’m already very familiar with the AMT portion of vPro, all three of my Proxmox nodes have it enabled and locked down. Really handy to get in there when needed. The KVM route is rather expensive as I would need one that supports at least 5 systems.
vPro’s out-of-band management is the entire reason I use it, because my little lab is all the way in the basement, where I would have to cross the treacherous lands of scattered children’s toys.
- Comment on NAS build guidance - choice paralysis 5 weeks ago:
I’ve already built the “new” NAS. Just trying to figure out the CPU situation.
As for documentation, it really depends on the vendor, but the general process is the same overall. Here’s a guide from MeshCentral (PDF link) that goes into more detail.
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- Comment on Options to Expand Sata HDD Drives on a Lenovo Computer 5 weeks ago:
Also a good point. Speaking of, that generation Optiplex SFF had a 300W PSU as an option in the XE3 model (meant for point-of-sale use) vs the stock 180W PSU. It’s plug-and-play, too. One of my Proxmox nodes runs a 7050 SFF with that PSU. It’s rock solid.
- Comment on Options to Expand Sata HDD Drives on a Lenovo Computer 5 weeks ago:
Yes, exactly. The shop was probably thinking of the cheap Molex ones.
- Comment on Options to Expand Sata HDD Drives on a Lenovo Computer 5 weeks ago:
I went to a local computer store and they were not very helpful. I asked if I could use a splitter for the power port and they said I would fry my board.
They aren’t wrong. Those SATA power splitters can be problematic due to subpar wiring and have been known to burn/melt.
- Comment on XPipe - A connection hub for all your servers: Status update for the v20 release 5 weeks ago:
Since it has come up a few times, in addition to the note in the git repository, I would like to clarify that XPipe is not fully FOSS software. The core that you can find on GitHub is Apache 2.0 licensed, but the distribution you download ships with closed-source extensions. There’s also a licensing system in place with limitations on what kind of systems you can connect to in the community edition as I am trying to make a living out of this. I understand that this is a deal-breaker for some, so I wanted to give a heads-up.
I appreciate the up-front attitude here, legitimately.
- Comment on Introducing Hypermind: A fully decentralized, P2P, high-availability solution to a problem that doesn't exist. 5 weeks ago:
Sounds like it’s time to fire up another dedicated VM
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Planka is a great kanban board. There is a mobile app, but so far it hasn’t yet been updated to support Planka v2. Planka’s own mobile web UI is better than it used to be, but it’s not quite there yet.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
The mobile app is 3rd party and has not yet been updated for Planka v2.
Source: I use Planka a LOT.
- Comment on Proxmox with arr 1 month ago:
No need to be antagonistic. I merely suggested the method I use for my home lab after learning the “hard way” to containerize and separate certain things.
- Comment on What should I do with 2 old machines (Mac Mini and HP Pavilion g7)? 1 month ago:
OpenMediaVault is based on Debian. I think it’s currently OMV 7, but I’m not at home at the moment so I can’t check. Very solid system though.
- Comment on Proxmox with arr 1 month ago:
Hardly. Keeping the file server separate is good for reliability in case you bork an unrelated service, so you don’t take out everything else with it. That’s also partly why things like VMs, LXC, and Docker exist.
- Comment on What should I do with 2 old machines (Mac Mini and HP Pavilion g7)? 1 month ago:
My NAS is a 2014 Mac Mini. It works great.
- Comment on Proxmox with arr 1 month ago:
There you go, that’s another option.