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Hello, I'm seeking advice.

I need help with a new setup. Currently, I have a Raspberry Pi 5 with OpenMediaVault (installed on microSD) + Portainer + Docker running from a USB HDD, but I'm not satisfied with this configuration - it looks messy and is a bit slow.

I'm considering buying an Odroid H4+ with 2 or 3 SSD disks to run NAS + Nextcloud (and possibly Home Assistant) on that server. What would be the best option for me? I like how TrueNAS operates, but it seems a bit too powerful for my needs. Should I:

  • Use TrueNAS Scale with Nextcloud and Home Assistant as apps on TrueNAS?
  • Use Proxmox with multiple VMs (NAS, Nextcloud, Home Assistant, ...)?
  • Use OpenMediaVault with the KVM plugin and run Nextcloud within OpenMediaVault?
  • Or consider something completely different?

I would like to have the OS on a small disk and every other service on a second large disk (or in RAID1).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

When I was in your shoes about 8 months ago, I opted for Proxmox and don't regret it. Since then, I've been able to try different NAS OSs, experiment with different hosted services, etc. it gives you a lot of freedom to set up a VM, try a bunch of stuff, and then delete it and implement a fresh solution when you're satisfied with something.

If you do that, you might consider having the operating system and VMs on one disk. If you decide on NAS software, many pass through the storage drives to the NAS directly.

I'm probably going to end up with the following:

  • Base Proxmox
  • NAS VM - OMV with NFS shares available to other services, SMB for the network
  • VM for -arr services
  • Plex on an LXC - a script helped me set the up
  • (Maybe) VM for home assistant
  • VM for other home services I need, like Immich
  • Maybe a VM for hosting things publicly
  • Testing VM

I hope this is helpful!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks! What is your hardware configuration? How are your disks partitioned? Do you have any RAID setup? What are -arr services?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I've got a Frankenstein setup that wasn't really thought out that well when I started. I'll probably end up changing it later. If you go the Proxmox route, check out the partitioning suggestions carefully before you begin.

I've got an old minitower that replaced a mini PC setup. I wanted to bring my hdd into the box and connect via SATA instead of an external HDD on USB. I'll probably get a bigger case to make installing HDDs more convenient.

I don't really understand the partitioning to be honest. I have a 512gb nvme that is split up into a couple of partitions for VMs, ISO's, backups and things for Proxmox. Then I have some other HDDs and SSDs that I use for files. Nothing in raid yet, but I'm hoping to add a couple of more HDDs. Then I'll connect them to OMV and put them in raid.

I'm currently hosting radarr, sonarr, prowlarr and overseerr. It's really convenient.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's say definitely try TrueNAS scale, it's dead simple to setup and dead simple to use. You can also run VMs on it along side the apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TrueNAS Scale looks great, but I'm scared by its memory consumption. I'm planning to have a 16GB of memory and 2TB of storage space. Maybe TrueNAS is overkill for me. I only need some space to backup my computer. However, it looks very good, and setting up RAID will be easy. Plus, applications with one click... oh, I absolutely must give it a try at least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

16 GB is pleeeeenty for TrueNAS scale

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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