"The result is that I am able to mount my 2TB share from anywhere I have internet and manage my files as though I was on my home network. I also have access to my entire media library from VLC installed on all my devices (once again, through SMB)."
This just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
I am afraid.
Sticking with Wireguard VPN because it's what I know. Opening up my whole SMB filesystem to the WAN without feeling like I REALLY know how to secure and lock it down: 😟
I tried Unraid - left due to annoyance of losing server function when I had to take drive arrays down and only scrubbing on demand
Went to True Nas scale for the promise of ZFS and liked it, but had issues with the interface and getting GPU passthrough to containers was impossible.
Ended up ditching my large server case (still have it - anyone need a large 12 drive 3U case with a big threadripper and bunch of ram - hit me up) and switched to a NUC running ubuntu with portainer managing my dockers on it and all my data stored on a Synology NAS.
Yes hello, I’d like to biggie size my oof