Fair point.

Toss in another drive for RAID5. That way you can at least have some redundancy…

I’ve never heard of Borgmatic before… How’s it work?

Real selfhosters know

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.

True, I noticed that as well. Still, it’s worth moving bare-metal docker installations to VMs. Easier to manage IMO.

Let me guess: Sygic

When Sygic initially introduced their Android Auto integration, they put it behind a $50 paywall. I’d invested in that app multiple times because I liked it as an alternative to Google Maps, but asking me to pay that much just for AA was incredibly over the top.

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.

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.

Just remember the KISS principal: Keep It Simple, Stupid

Keep the NAS as a NAS, and I would honestly trim down everything else into 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.

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 run OMV on the new NAS, because OMV is awesome; but the USB connection between the Mac and drive station is cumbersome and risky.

I used to do that, but I have a bad habit of over-tinkering with the underlying system. Having Proxmox as a base where I can spin up VMs and LXC 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.

I’ve done this before. That’s why I have a Proxmox cluster separate from my NAS now.

It’s best if a NAS remains as a dedicated NAS and nothing else; I would build a separate machine to tinker with, and share the appropriate folders on the NAS with whatever service(s) you’re running. That way, if you’re experimenting and fuck something up, it doesn’t take your data with it when it goes down.

it says Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy.

Read that again, very slowly.

It’s not illegal to teach people how to download things, regardless of the ethics surrounding it.

Plus, it costs money to run a server that hosts a public discussion forum. It’s not illegal to ask for donations to support that.

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.

I am curious to see what the PC’s power usage looks like when I switch to Linux…

I watched as everything booted, didn’t pull much more than 150 watts. But it’ll be interesting to see how it goes over time.

FYI - the cluster is pulling 115-140 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. I am going to move the HA server (Lenovo M710q running HAOS on a Pentium G4560T & 4GB RAM) down to the cluster soon, as it’s sitting on my desk at the moment…

What is WAF?