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I'm "use NFS forfilesharing" old. what's the current optimal solution for shared drives if I have like 3 linux machines in the house? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I recently replaced an ancient laptop with a slightly less ancient one.

host for backups for three other machines
serve files I don't necessarily need on the new machine
relatively lightweight - "server" is ~15 years old
relatively simple - I'd rather not manage a dozen docker containers.
internal-facing
does NOT need to handle Android and friends. I can use sync-thing for that if I need to.

Left to my own devices I'd probably rsync for 90% of that, but I'd like to try something a little more pointy-clicky or at least transparent in my dotage.

Edit: Not SAMBA (I freaking hate trying to make that work)

Edit2: for the young'uns: NFS (linux "network filesystem")

Edit 3: LAN only. I may set up a VPN connection one day but it’s not currently a priority. (edited post to reflect questions)

Last Edit: thanks, friends, for this discussion! I think based on this I'll at least start with NFS + my existing backups system (Mint's thing, which is I think just a gui in front of rcync). May play w/ modern SAMBA if I have extra time.

Ill continue to read the replies though - some interesting ideas.

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[–] danhab99@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I still use sshfs. I can't be bothered to set up anything else I just want something that works out of the box.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Isn't that super clunky ? I keep getting all kind of sluggishness, hangs and the occasional error every time I use that. It ends up working but wow, does it suck.

I mostly use samba / cifs clients and it's fast and reliable with properly setup dns and using only the dns or IP address, not smbios or active directory those are overkill

[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I like the sound of that!

However it looks like has a lot of potential for a 'xz' style exploit injection, so I'll probably skip it.

From the project's README.md : The current maintainer continues to apply pull requests and makes regular releases, but unfortunately has no capacity to do any development beyond addressing high-impact issues. When reporting bugs, please understand that unless you are including a pull request or are reporting a critical issue, you will probably not get a response.

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I am 100% open to exploring other equally zero effort alternatives if only I had the time CURSE being an adult (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ . Is there anything better I should use, hopefully using existing ssh keys please.