From what I found, Lemmy is much better in this regard. I've gotten lots of helpful answers here, so give it a go! There is also a ton of tutorials on YouTube, I recommend something like this for beginners.
Pete90
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Thank you for your offer, but these are too old for what I want to do with them. Cheers!
Proxmox eats consumer grade SSDs (at least that's what people are talking about)
Good to know I'm not the only one!
Hej. I need all of that data. And those movies too. But yeah, seems to be the case. Weird, that people buy those drives, when 12tb aren't that much more expensive. We'll, but here I am but only because I had an old but okay 4TB drive lying around.
I'd be scared to be ripped off in a lot. Do they show drive stats before sale?
I've had great success with used drives so far, mind you I only buy slightly used with lots of remaining warranty... Saved me tons.
There is quite a price difference, at least here in Germany. It easily be double, if not more... I'd love to use SSDs, but can't afford them right now
I didn't even think to look at Amazon, but for 12TB, that is an okay to good price. Too bad the 4TB is inappropriately expensive...
Yeah, that seems to be the case. I'll be on the lookout for official refurbished drives, thanks for your input!
Let me know if you need any help with that. I'm still a beginner, but have used the last few months to learn about cyber security. It can be a daunting subject, but if you get the basics right, you're probably good. I also hosted without a care for years and was never hacked, but it can/will happen. Here are some pointers!
Get or use a firewall. Iptables, UFW and such are probably good enough. I myself use OPNsense. It can be integrated with Crowdsec, a popular intrusion prevention system. This can be quite a rabbit whole. In the end, you should be able to control who goes where in your network.
Restrict ssh access or don't allow it at all via internet. Close port 22 and use a VPN, if needed. Don't allow root access via Ssh, use sudo. Use keys and passphrase login for best security.
Update your stuff regularly. Weekly or bi-weekly, if you can.
Use two factor authentication, where possible. It can be a bit annoying, but improves things dramatically. Long passwords help to, I use random-word-other-word combinations.
If you haven't, think of a backup strategy. 3 redundant copys on 2 media, one off site.
From what I found, Lemmy is much better in this regard. I've gotten lots of helpful answers here, so give it a go! There is also a ton of tutorials on YouTube, I recommend something like this for beginners.