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Would this be good for a Plex server? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You'll get better performance from a 7th Gen core i5 box with about 1/10th the power usage, those go for $80 or so usually.

Why is Windows (desktop versions) frowned upon as a home NAS/server OS? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The main downsides of windows for a server are:

Forced reboots
More RAM/Storage usage for the OS
No options for ZFS or similar data protection software, storage spaces provides basic RAID but the performance can be fairly low.
Needs a license
Less general availability of self-hosted software, but you can run Docker for Windows as a way around that.

However there are some upsides, it's very easy to set up and manage, SMB shares are super easy, and some backup software like Veeam B&R is windows only.

[non self hosted] : Cheap Services You Still Pay For in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

How do you find Ionos for keeping up to date? My experience with shared web hosts is they'll be on PHP 7.x or something while PHP 8.2 is the current stable version.

The 3-2-1 rule in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

3-2-1 is the minimum I follow for anything important.

1 copy is the working data, 1 copy is a full system image stored on a NAS with incremental backups done nightly with Veeam, and 1 copy is on Backblaze B2 with incremental backups done nightly with Restic,

What is the point of vaultwarden? Is it safer or less safe than using the bitwarden app/website? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Bitwarden has never been breached AFAIK

Password managers are a HUGE target, and while I'm sure they do everything possible to prevent a breach from actually obtaining peoples passwords, vulnerabilities do happen.

That's why I think self hosted Bitwarden or KeePass with a file are the way to go.

Are there any concerns/risks to using Watchtower? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Watchtower itself works great, it doesn't need a GUI for what it does.

But updating containers in general, either manually or automatically, always carries a risk of something breaking due to the new update.

One thing you can do is make sure you're not using :latest tags in your compose files, and instead pin major versions like postgres:13

And of course make sure you have backups going back multiple points in time in case something does break, and test those backups!

How often are you shutting down your hosts? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Only when I'm installing/removing hardware. Probably like once a year on average.

Any Cheap Object storage service recommendation? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Backblaze B2 with Cloudflare? Designed for CDN use, and is $6/TB with free data transfer between B2 and CF.