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Yea, I don't want any smart devices.
My short term solution for some crucial monitoring needs has been Yolink products.
I have their hub (without voice nonsense), a couple temp monitors (for a fridge and freezer), and a couple switches (really for power monitoring).
I have their app on my phone with minimal permissions. You don't need the app - the system will do SMS or email alerts.
Plus it it has a button on the plug/switch for manual operation.
The yolink brand is a decent compromise.
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Bruce Campbell??
OP should've lead with that!
Currently watching Jack of All Trades and Brisco County Jr., two shows that should've had years of episodes (especially Jack).
Bruce just gets it.
Second, the CEO (disingenuously) stated they dropped SMS support because of engineering costs - , I don't trust them.
There are free SMS apps, because your app hasn't handled SMS ever, you just use the SMS API. Android itself handles it all - as of about 2012, all apps were required to use a single SMS database
First, signal doesn't come anywhere close in feature parity.
Second, the CEO (disingenuously) stated they dropped SMS support because of engineering costs - , I don't trust them.
There are free SMS apps, because your app hasn't handled SMS ever, you just use the SMS API. Android itself handles it all - as of about 2012, all apps were required to use a single SMS database.
Just use the OptiPlex for everything. The RPi lacks the horsepower, and storage capability.
I'm currently using a 7 year old OptiPlex SFF as a NAS, backup point, media converter, and media server. I've upgraded the storage drive to 8TB.
I do have another old NAS I use only to duplicate my data store locally (I keep 3 local copies of data, and a cloud backup).
The OptiPlex draws 15w at idle, about 85w when converting video. My NAS draws about 5w at idle. I initially tried serving media from the NAS, but it's performance is frankly abysmal. Instead I run Media Monkey, Jellyfin, and another media server on the Dell, which has no problem streaming to my crappy Samsung TV (not using an app, just the crappy built-in DLNA client) It works even better with decent devices, like my phone, laptop, iPad.
Your biggest concern with that Dell is the power consumption. As I said, mine happens to draw 15w at idle - I got lucky
What are the specs on your OptiPlex? Is it a mini tower or SFF? That would help more than just telling us the model.
Depending on your sensitivity to failures (drives die) I'd get 2 data drives for the Dell and mirror them, using the current drive just for the OS.
You'll need to direct that port for the given service in the router control panel.
For your current server you have a port forwarding for that port already. Just add a port forwarding rule for the new service.
Reminds me of an Elvis movie, don't recall the name.
Really depends on where you are.
Sun-heavy areas, long sleeves, long pants, hat.
In low-humidity environments, adding moisture to the air can help cool, which is why evaporative coolers work in places like southwest US/arid regions.
When out boating, my friends give me a hard time because I throw on a synthetic long sleeve shirt while on the boat with a real hat.
Is what true?
Everything here are disclaimers by the app dev.