I am probably going to install an arr stack on the docker containers, but they will write to the HDD. What file systems shall I use for the drives? This topic seems to be quite the rabbit hole and I simply want to properly build this system, as I am planning to leave it running in a remote location so reliability is a very important factor.
They require you to buy a minimum of 800Gb, which for most people is an overkill
And Ubuntu is based on Debian. What’s your point?
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And you are very wrong.
The whole idea of self-hosted is to build something yourself and learn your way around some new technology or software. Plus building something yourself allows you to change and upgrade it down the path, while Synology doesn’t provide any of the sort.
Obsidian is amazing, though it isn’t FOSS but your notes are saved in Markdown, so even if something happens with the app, they will remain yours.
Another alternative may be Joplin and AnyType, but I think AnyType is also not 100% FOSS.
You are increasing the attack vector immensely, and it is up to you to ensure that it is well protected and up to date. The attack effort won’t be high though and most of the attacks would be pretty basic, still I wouldn’t risk something so personal, like your image library.
I would suggest for you to look into Wireguard or Tailscale for accessing your personal Immich instance.
Obsidian? Saves everything in Markdown. It is offline but you can sync things with syncthing. Has a great app on mobile too. I run syncthing on my phone too and sync everything between my devices.
That’s true, but they also seem to be very power hungry and noisy. I built a fanless server which is consuming 11-12 Watts in idle.
This looks pretty cool, I will give it a try. I am using Streamlit at the moment and I am quite content with it.
What are you going to use this GPU for. Simply for playing and you don’t care about ray tracing AMD is king. Or if you find a deal on Intel.
Self hosting LLMs and hobby AI/ML projects, NVIDIA.
Blender - NVIDIA
Internet Streaming - NVIDIA
Video editing - NVIDIA
Plex/Jellyfin - Intel
Unfortunately in most cases NVIDIA is still the king.
Check this link that will give you some ideas about the different GPUs: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gpus,4380.html
Why don’t you use something like Tailscale? Other than that using non standard ports greatly reduces the risks of you getting compromised. The majority of attacks come from port scanners scanning for default ports and trying to use known vulnerabilities.
Why don’t you build your own?
And that’s the biggest ISPs, plus he can still use Tailscale or Zerotier and still be able to access his network. Plus IPv6 IPs should be easy to assign and won’t be paid or limited.
Usually German ISPs are giving you IPv6.
Most likely you are under CGNAT, so your best bet is Tailscale, Wireguard, CloudFlare Tunnel or Zero Tier. Pick your poison.
With this GPU you can install a media server like Plex or Jellyfin and offload the transcoding on the GPU, but mind you you will still have a high idle load consumption.
Normally in a headless home server I would need virtualisation and low idle power consumption. So this GPU and PSU are a bit of an overkill if you are not planning to fully utilise them.
Another piece of the puzzle is probably your WiFi router, as you normally won’t get speeds near 1Gbps over WiFi. In order to benefit maximally from it, you need to connect your devices (laptops, stationary PC, TV, etc.) with a cable to get the most of it.
You should also try to disable some pfSense plugins, like OpenVPN, zenArmor, etc. as they will severely limit your bandwidth throughput. But as others said, most likely you will also need to upgrade your hardware box, and you can migrate to OPNsense while at it.
If you don’t need public access you can create an A-name record pointing to your private IP. This way you will still be able to use SSL certificates but still route your traffic using the internal network.