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submitted 2 hours ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago) by ramenshaman@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 
 

Just got all the hardware set up and working today, super stoked!

In the pic:

  • Raspberry Pi 5
  • Radxa Penta SATA hat for Pi
  • 5x WD Blue 8TB HDD
  • Noctua 140mm fan
  • 12V -> 5V buck convertor
  • 12V (red), 5V (white), and GND (black) distribution blocks

I went with the Raspberry Pi to save some money and keep my power consumption low. I'm planning to use the NAS for streaming TV shows and movies (probably with Jellyfin), replacing my google photos account (probably with Immich), and maybe steaming music (not sure what I might use for that yet). The Pi is running Raspberry Pi Desktop OS, might switch to the server version. I've got all 5 drives set up and I've tested out streaming some stuff locally including some 4K movies, so far so good!

For those wondering, I added the 5V buck convertor because some people online said the SATA hat doesn't do a great job of supplying power to the Pi if you're only providing 12V to the barrel jack, so I'm going to run a USB C cable to the Pi. Also using it to send 5V to the PWM pin on the fan. Might add some LEDs too, fuck it.

Next steps:

  • Set up ~~RAID 5~~ ZFS RAIDz1?
  • 3D print an enclosure with panel mount connectors

Any tips/suggestions are welcome! Will post again once I get the enclosure set up.

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Hi! In the last few months, the amount of fake torrents I'm getting automatically added to my downloads is starting to be really annoying. I want to find out which source is the culprit to remove it...How can I find what was the source of the added torrent? Where did it get it? What line do I need to look for in the logs? Or what event?

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I have a home lab I use for learning and to self host a couple of services for me and my extended family.

  • Nextcloud instance with about 1TB
  • Couple of websites
  • Couple of game servers

I'm running off an R430 with twin E5-2620 V3s 128GB and spinning rust storage.

When I deployed NC I did not think it thru, and I stored all the data locally, which causes the instance to be too big to backup normally.

As a solution, I've split the NC software into it's own LXC and a NAS into another and I'm thinking about hosting a cheap NUC NAS to rsync the files.

I would also like to distribute the load of my server into separate nodes so I can get more familiar with HA and possibly hyper converged infrastructure.

I would also like to have wo nodes locally to be able to work on one without bringing down services.

Any advice / tips?

Should I skip the NAS and go straight into Ceph?

Would 3x NUCs with Intel i5 or i7ths and 32Gb Ram be enough?

Would I be better off with 3x pizza box servers like R220s or DL20s?

Storage wise I'm trying to decide between m2 to Sata adapter like this [](

) and a mixtures of SSDs and spinning rust. Or

Otherwise would I be better off with SFF?

Otherwise I was considering a single 24 bay disk array with an LSI card in IT mode, but I'm inexperienced with those and I'm not sure about power usage / noise. (the rack does sit next to my workstation)

And yes you can put an LSI card on a NUC surprisingly (This looks like a VERY fun project) https://github.com/NKkrisz/HomeLab/blob/main/markdown%2FLenovo_M720Q_Setup.md

Plus, most likely I would not expand the storage past 5 or 10 TB on each node.

Additionally; I'm looking at cost per watt (current server runs at 168w 90% of the time, looks like those tiny NUCs run about 25W or so and the SFF 50-75W depending on what they have. The shallow depth servers also idle at 25-50 depending on storage and processor options.

I also have a 12U rack at home and I would very much like to keep things racked and neat. It seems a lot easier to rack the NUCs than it would be to do with SFF cases.

Obviously I'm OK with buying new hardware (I'll be selling the current one once I migrate) that's part of the "learning" experience.

Any advice or experience you can share would be highly appreciated.

Thanks /c/selfhosted

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Hi everyone,

I’m visiting some family in another area of the country soon, and have the opportunity to set up a little remote backup server.

Essentially I would like to set something up that I can ssh into and backup photos/videos/documents from my main server periodically once a month or so. Ideally it would be off until I need to turn it on.

I’m looking for ideas on how to best approach this. What kind of hardware would you use in my shoes? I have a couple of spare raspberry pi’s I was thinking to use with an external drive. I was also considering something like those ugreen nas devices that have been popping up. I would ideally set it up and do a sync before I head there, and then just plug it in. Would wake on lan be advised for this?