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Nexalta Guardian: Decent self host server? (kck.st)
submitted 5 days ago by Cooper8@feddit.online to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
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I have been looking into setting up a secure home/small business server and hardening my local network and I came across this kickstarter which is currently floundering, likely because it’s campaign page is way too technical without enough fluff for the uninformed out there (like myself to some extent). For reference I work in small industry and have some interest in implementing more IOT, and also want to self host more of my media probably via Jellyfin, and an indieweb site, possibly some AI automation via n8n.

That said, from what I can tell it seems like a really great device for my use case actually, combining a multiband WiFi 7 gateway with a built in NAS and upgradeable compute modules. As a bonus it is a German company so I’m a bit less worried about back doors that with some of the Chinese generic manufacturers out there. That said, I haven't run a server of my own before and am not sure what to make of the hardware specifications.

What I can’t sus out is how secure this actually is, how technical my background needs to be to get it set up effectively, and whether the price is good for the hardware. Any help?

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lots of claims in here, but no specificity. I can tell WHAT they are selling: the hardware, or a software platform.

I'm also confused because they seem to missing the mark of what a useful piece of tech is for home users. Having everything all-in-one just compounds single points of failure. Also super confusing why they're mentioning LTE and Starlink into this...makes it seem pretty stupid.

Honestly, if you're just getting started, grab a cheap refurb from the Minisforum store, get a stack started and figure out what you actually, then make more informed decisions from there.

If you're planning on hosting a large media collection, you probably want a NAS, which can also double duty for the other things you want to do as well in most cases if it supports running containers.

[–] Cooper8@feddit.online 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its a commercial product fundamentally. Looking at the company's site its clear this is an attempt to sell their commercial/enterprise "private cloud" node hardware to the general public but they've botched the marketing.

Medical and Transport are their core business, and they are a software-first company that has built a hardware solution for ready drop-in of their secure private cloud server software stack. https://www.nexalta.net/blog-news/11

Looking at NAS options is how I found this, I got suggested a few NAS kickstarters, but the hardware on this one seems to be superior over all. Too bad the documentation sucks.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I would steer clear of just getting something from Kickstarter. Just go for something solid with an existing community. Synology is good for beginners, or you could just build one and install the NAS OS of your choice like TrueNAS or OMV.