TBC was peak WoW for me.

Yeah that’s on my todo list. I’ve got 3 decent but old routers.

I’m aware you need a firewall (I used sonicwall professionally) vlans are for segmentation

Omfg it’s like solar panel companies…

So many damn houses with solar leases more expensive than just electricity

Wait… Is that heavy water?? /s

Or add new bloat features / brick devices after updating TOS…

Yeah. Even my old solid netgear got a firmware update that’s begging me to get the app now. Shobe that shit up your ass.

At least give me a checkbox to stop bothering me

I have:

• 2x pi4 4gb (bought them previously for octopi and pihole)
• Pi zero
• Several old laptops
• 2x SFF HPs
• 2x netbooks
• An old slim workstation

I work as a sysadmin so I’ve picked up a few things that wouldve gone to recycling.

My concern is power draw running 24/7 so I need wattage monitors and going to start with the Pi systems. Until I hit performance issues then migrate to a SFF.

Gahhhh…

Sounds like a total PITA

And yes we need stronger consumer protections.

I follow FUTO so I’m aware of TOS BS.

No garage sadly.

My SO is already using keepass locally. Used to be only a paper notebook. Data breach paranoia.

I plan to setup vaultwarden or keepassXC

Yeah that’s on the list. I want them hard wired though. Gotta hire an electrician to wire up the outside of the house.

Good call. I was thinking of trying a 128GB usb3 stick I got. Maybe a ssd/nvme on a USB3 controller.

That’s a great rule of thumb. So setup two switches. One for manual and one with a ESP32.

I just bought my first home and as soon as I’m decently unpacked I’m going to start my journey on self hosting.

Currently planning:

• Small i5 HP Pro SFF PC for hosting large apps (going to config for Linux and power it off until I get more mature
• Raspberry Pi4: pihole and home assistant
• Raspberry Pi4: NextCloud, Deck
• ZigBee router thing:
  • Nest thermostat came with the house
  • adding light bulbs and switches
  • want a smart doorknob but the security bothers me. Schlage Connect™ Smart Deadbolt, Z-Wave Plus
• NAS
• Jellyfin
• JBOD on SFF?
• flashing old Netgear nighthawk into wwdrt
• OS Ticket to replace NextCloud Deck for a JIRA type solution to manage projects and major house items.
• ZigBee thermometers for better Nest accuracy
• ZigBee motion sensors for entry ways and bathroom
• smart plugs and motion sensors for basement TV lights

Not sure what else to add. Open to advice or suggestions.

Where did you get it?

What do you use as a wattage meter?

I have a peer that manages his father’s IT needs.

He setup loads of server stuff there with an IPSEC tunnel to home so he does cross backup back between the sites. He’ll setup something like a game server at the office on a VM mapped to an obscure port then a registered domain so the family can game together. Fun stuff.

He doesn’t charge his dad for IT needs. They just expense all the server stuff to the business along with a secure location (building has proper physical security) with managed AC for his heavier 24/7 server needs. He can also order decent gear for the rack.

Damn. Ethernet is indeed your bottleneck there. I love your rack but I’d go more for a higher storage configuration.

With B2 offsite backup.

Shopping aliexpress most are 2.5 drives. I get that they’re lower power but 3.5 drives offer much more storage…