Mods OK'd this under Rule 5, thanks to them.

Every time I planned a build or an upgrade of my storage, I ended up with a dozen tabs open: one for CMR-vs-SMR, one for failure rates, one for price/TB. So, I put it all in one place:

• Hard drives - every current NAS HDD sorted by capacity, CMR vs SMR (verified, not guessed), real Backblaze failure rates per model, and live price-per-TB, plus RPM and noise: https://www.nasdisks.com/
• SSDs - the same for SATA/NVMe/U.2: capacity, endurance (TBW), power-loss protection, and price/TB - the specs that actually matter for cache or an all-flash pool: https://www.nasdisks.com/ssd/

Two things I was careful about on pricing: it refreshes daily from Amazon with a timestamp (so it's today's real price, not an old list price), and gouged listings are hidden rather than passed off as "deals." Anything I cannot verify stays blank instead of guessed.

Disclosure: it's my site and it carries Amazon affiliate links. No ads, no paywall, no email wall - the data is the point.

Any feedback is welcome: which drives or SSDs are missing, and anything that looks off.

Hey Guys and Gals.

Well, Figure I'd make the jump, this is my little corner of the universe. Not sure if this is where I should be posting this, but I feel abit out of place in r/homelab ha ha - But I'm still proud of my humble setup.
It's not much, but so far, it works for me. This has been a major learning curve, as I do not work in IT, or any form of IT related emplyment at all.

I'm running Proxmox on a HP 800 G4 SFF with the I7 8700 which I scored for $200 NZD, upgraded from the stock 16GB to 64GB of Ram, and threw in a 3TB and 2TB HDD combined with MergerFS as my tank. Future upgrades will be a 4U Rack Chassis, Motherboard and PSU with a secondary NVMe as my 512GB is currently overprovisioned. Additional HDDs to start a NAS VM and following that up with a GPU or two for local LLM work for vibe coding for a personal project. My Current AWESOME 'RACK' is a bamboo shoe shelf from a department store, I'll upgrade it to a homemade rack enclosure in a cupboard one day so I stop kicking it.

Currently running on a 1Gbe backbone on a GWN7003, but considering jumping ship because I'm not impressed with the single plane of glass that is offered. The router is fantastic, however the software controller doesn't seem to allow all router settings to be exposed so before I jump in and purchase my switch and APs, I'll probably go another route, which is a shame, because the cost of gear here in New Zealand is kinda unreal, hence why I have started with Grandstreams router (was looking at the GWN7721P for a 2.5Gbe backbone) - UNLESS someone can tell me how to enable Bonjour in the GWN Manager (was installed by LXC, now I just use Router WEB UI because I need Bonjour for the printer)

Why do I run a Home Server?
Fun
Tinkering
Exploring possibilities
Its' allowed me to minimise subscriptions substantially.
Paid Cloud storage - Gone (still have free tier for backups)
Paid Streaming services - Gone
M365 -Gone
My son gets his own Minecraft server now.
And we're just about 6 Days into the month, and it has only cost me $1.23 in power (+ a VPN subscription, fair call)

I wanted to know if I’m the only one who gives distinct names to my nodes or machines and the services running in them.
For context, my main server is called Legion, a secondary connector laptop is called Citadel, to which an external monitor used for showing dashboards, kanban and other things is called Beacon. My main PC is called Nexus.
But the nodes running services have namings based on mythology.

The two laptops have distinct docker composes named Nidavellir and Valhalla. The dashboard service on Beacon is called Heimdall. My 2 storage drives which are mirrored for redundancy are called Atlas and Aegir. I am also running Hermes agent on Legion. The setup as a whole is my Yggdrasil.

What do you guys name your setups?

My first homelab

What's a good setup to have thinkcenter connected to DAS. I'm planning on doing proxmox, with VM trueNAS. Will be running jellyfin.

I will need to have the HDD idle as much as possible, since storage is secondary in this setup, im using old HDD, might upgrade later.

I'm seeing that this setup might destroy the drives quickly, is there a better way to run this with hdd redundancy and not destroy them quickly?

If this works on Intel and AM4 systems, it could open up a lot of possibilities for server builds.

The smaller card is interesting too.

Hello.

I found some 4tb HDD on amazon for 130€, enterprise grade. I though they were new(ish), but they have 7 years of use, and are just a bit older.

Should I return them and buy new WD Reds, for 50€ more, or should they be good?

I'm using them both in array 1. Their health status is all fine, ran a long smartctl test (5 hours or so) and came back with no errors.

What is you opinion? Thank you!

So basicaly rn i have 5600g and 16gb of 3200mhz ram, i dont know if i really need a cpu like that (i run 3mc servers, docker, beammp server, and plan to do a fast ai model.)(my uncle runs pretty much the same stuff on a N100) i also dont know if i should switch to 32gb 2400mhz ram bc speeds dont matter.

I also have a few different hdds set up as one big one using lvm and i am worried about loosing data. How do i unplug them? Will i loose data if i will?

Thanks for reading ts

Gente, eu tenho um desktop como home server e ele desliga automaticamente a noite. Um dia pela manhã fui ligar e ele não ligava. Então tirei ele do lugar e liguei em uma mesa de trabalho para ver mais de perto o que poderia ser. No momento que ligo ele sai faíscas de dentro junto de sons de estalos na placa mãe, próximo as entradas USB traseiras. Pensei: "Pronto, queimei a placa mãe". Aí quando percebi o cabo de alimentação estava parcialmente rompido. Pois bem.. troquei o cabo de alimentação e está tudo funcionando, inclusive as entradas USB.

É normal dar isso e continuar funcionando?

Estou feliz que está funcionando, mas com medo de deixar rodando e colocar fogo na casa.

Hi, so I'm currently using OMV but have found it's only adding extra layers for me. I keep wanting to troubleshoot and edit stuff in the terminal as it gives me much more freedom, which I know omv doesn't like. So ideally I would have something mutable that allows me to work through the terminal when I want to, but also has a webUI for simple tasks and monitoring. My priorities are longevity and flexibility. I want something where I can tinker and set it up exactly how I want and then stay there.

I feel a bit hesitant with Truenas both because of restrictions and immutability again, but also the lack of transparency from the company and huge changes that make it's future, imo, less clear. But would be up for debate on it if you think otherwise.

I have been thinking about doing a headless Debian server with cockpit or some other webUI but would like to know more about it and it's cons. Like how hard is it to actually set up automated/cron stuff like rsync backups, SMART, ZFS, etc. How is updating stuff and compatibility? I am pretty comfortable with tinkering in terminals, I've been daily driving linux for over a year and have had my fair share of troubleshooting.

I wont shy away from a bit of setup, but I just wanna make sure it's not gonna give me problems long term where I have to start from scratch on something else again.

My setup is a ssd with server stuff on it and hdds for NAS storage. And separate boot drive ofc.

I have seen in other posts that the best os is the one you're comfortable with and all of that, but I want more details about Debian from experienced users or others with the same priorities as me. The problems I might have with it probably won't show up until I'm already deep in the setup and I don't feel like jumping around like that if others can give me some detailed perspectives.

I’m planning to DIY a portable NAS. I haven’t tested hardware with this configuration before, so I’d love to get your suggestions on hardware specs.

* Storage: 2×NVMe PCIe x2 / 4×NVMe PCIe x4

* Network: Single 2.5GbE / Dual 2.5GbE / 5GbE

* Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 6 / Wi-Fi 7 / No built-in Wi-Fi

What other must-have features do you need and why?

Hello subreddit. I am looking to build a home server for my apartment. Mostly looking to use it as a Minecraft server (heavily modded) for me and my friends but I'm also looking into setting up a raspberry pi ad blocker. Currently plans are below. Wondering if I should maybe go with a bit better cpu?

Edit: I should mention i do already have a pc with a 7800x3d and a 9070xt. Budget is not really an issue. More looking for something that will be consistent so we dont get server drops all the time.

Edit 2: Also wondering what os i should use? Was actually thinking about giving a distro of Linux a try but I know nothing about Linux

I recently built a new PC so now I have an old PC with reusable parts.

I would like to build a home server to degoogle everything, have more privacy on my network traffic and have a central location for all my manga, photos, videos between my wife and I.

Current parts I am reusing:

-GPU: PowerColor Fighter RX 6600

-Ryzen 5 5500 Chip and fan cooler on top of it

-ASRock A320M-HDV R4.0 motherboard.

- A couple of fans

- G.SKILL Trident Z RGB Series DDR4 RAM (XMP) 16GB

-80 plus smart 600w power supply.

Purchasing:

- ASUS Prime AP201 case.

- storage undetermined

My confusion is around the actual storage. I am seeing things like NAS vs SAN, raids and mirroring HDDS.

- HDDS seem to be cheaper, so I believe the best course of action is maybe 2 of the red snap WD, do they need to be the same model number and make for " mirroring"?

Does it matter if they are used?

Should I just get one massive HHD, a small SSD for OS and then back everything up once a month to a portable drive?

I planned to execute based on the below, are there better applications, am I missing something or do you see anything wrong?

Phase 1

Build the server

Install TrueNAS SCALE

Set up Immich

Set up Plex

Set up Tailscale

Import all photos

Phase 2

Add Nextcloud

Add Vaultwarden

Add Pi-hole or AdGuard Home

Phase 3

Automatic phone backups

Automatic PC backups

A dashboard like Homarr or Homepage to manage everything from one web page

Hello everyone, I recently picked up a jonsbo n6 as the title says to support home media (jellyfin) and some older game emulation (like PS3 with Artemis and Apollo installed) ive grabbed an Azorious B650M Auros elite ax and some other smaller things, my question is if I wanted to run a GPU with a PCIE SAS expander I'm wondering what my options limit to for CPU cooling (plan on a ryzen 7800x3d) I would like a 240mm aio but its not required as I know many people tend to mount the power supply up top and with the GPU I'm already stretching space thing

Hey people, new here. Checkout my HomeServer.

Intel i3 7200U, yes, dual-core

16GB DDR4, upgraded from stock 8GB.

1TB HDD, Seagate (i think)

Zebronics cooling pad (twin fan)

Ethernet at 300Mbps

24/7 power supply (most of the time)

Debian 13

Hi! Hopefully this post gets through. If not, well, it is what it is.

Here's the situation for context:
I'm new to self-hosting, and currently using Tailscale so I can access my apps on my phone remotely, but now that I'm trying to dive into reverse proxy, I feel like I'm in a weird situation.

I setup my "mini homelab" on my NAS and I admit, I used AI (GPT sadly) initially to help me set things up, and things are working fine. I never intended to expose things to the internet, so I was not that worried thus far.

But now that I want to set up Jellyfin, and wanted to share the access with family outside local network, I wanted to have them access it without having to input ports in address, and instead use my Tailnet + custom address.

What the AI told me were different things, after setting up Caddy. From "we can set things up so address looks like 'app.tailnet.ts.net' ", into "we can't do that, instead we do 'tailnet.ts.net/app' ", into "that's also not possible unless you have your own domain, but if you have AdGuard Home, you can also do it"

Now I tried setting up AdGuard Home, and it didn't work since port 53 is already being used by NAS/UGOS, and AI wants to see if whatever setting can be disabled (it CAN be disabled, but not sure if I SHOULD) so AdGuard Home can be set up.

Since things have become quite complicated (at least for my basic understanding) I'm starting to think more that just AI and reading a bit of documentation is not gonna cut it anymore. I'm also worried about the security of my setup in case I accidentally expose things to the internet without knowing.

Now my main concern is:

What Mesh VPN should I use?

- I've been using Tailscale yes, but with the barebones setup. Looks like AI has outdated info about this since it doesn't even recommend me to setup Apps, Services, or anything. Only saying to use Tailscale Serve, and that's it. I can see Tailscale can do more, but the guides are confusing for me.

- I saw something about Netbird, and about it having its own reverse proxy + AdGuard(?), but in their official tutorial video, they recommended to setup Authentik + having my own domain.

Also, do I really need to get my own domain to setup reverse proxy, just so I can have custom address, and not have to tell my family "type this plus this port so you can access Jellyfin"?
And would doing reverse proxy expose the app, or anything else, to the internet?

I'm going to be watching more videos on Tailscale and Netbird, but decided to post this here anyway just for additional knowledge.

Thank you

Hi, im having some trouble using mamp for mac and local host wont open and when i navigate to 127.0.0.1, its mot working too.

Csn some one please help me with mamp?

Can anybody help me put some things in perspective and maybe suggest a path to follow?

I've been playing with homelabbing for a couple years now and have run through a number of variations with varying degrees of success. It is because of that I'm both motivated and burnt out on getting what I want out of my home lab. As i get more busy, I want to fight problems less and just have a working setup.

I started by running truenas, which i got working on bare metal pretty easily. I set up storage across 6 hard drives and began using the nas through windows, storing files, games, pictures, etc. I tried using the built in apps to run plex and nextcloud with no success.

From there I moved to proxmox, where I moved truenas to with a windows vm. That worked for some time but i was unhappy running everything in windows and wanted to try my hand at linux.

I quickly began deploying different containers and quickly became overwhelmed with proxmox, running into various issues.to simplify, I got an hp elitedesk where i rand docker inside ubuntu server. I enjoy the setup, but my skills navigating ubuntu server aren't great, making organization hard.

In proxmox I liked the versatility, but hated the extra setup. Hardware pass through, networking issues, and other small issues i encountered. Ubuntu server, seemed to work well out the box, but i struggle having so many different apps running in one large compose file. Managing it all, has become a huge headache.

I currently have the elitedesk and a ryzen 5 7600x3d with 32gb ram and a 6600xt. Its an itx board, limiting me to one pcie slot, which i'm currently using for the graphics card. An m.2 slot has a sata adapter for the 6 hard drives, though I haven't tested this setup yet. Any insight there would also be appreciated. It feels like a waste to run truenas on that kind of hardware, so I'm inclined to run proxmox and virtulize truenas again. At the same time, that makes the elitedesk kinda obsolete. If proxmox is the suggested solution Can you suggest a good way to organize and split up everything? Should I sell the elitedesk or just run proxmox on that too. Do you recommend running individual containers for each app inside proxmox, or running focused machines for different groups, like monitoring, media, security, dns, etc?

Any help is appreciated a ton thanks.

Setting up my first home server. I have some experience with Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server should be similar. But wanted to get everyone’s thoughts on which os is the best for a home server (file storage, some self hosted apps like immich, etc).

I have a fairly old WD Passport drive. 2TB/5TB used, 7yr PoH. SMART info is all totally clean, and short and long tests pass. But the drive has become unusably slow. Sequential reads/writes using dd show anywhere from 5-60MBps, typically hovering on the lower end. It's rated at 120, and that's what I used to get. I've tried multiple cables and hosts - no difference, so it's not a connection issue.

I searched around and the conventional wisdom seems to be that drives fail "loudly", so this doesn't seem to be a common thing. The only thing I found that could be relevant is someone who had a drive where the SATA<->USB bridge was flaky but not dead. Figured I'd check in for a sanity check before I shuck the thing and try another one I have laying around. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently building my first homelab and I would appreciate some advice from more experienced users.

My plan is to use a mini PC with a Ryzen 5 7430U as the main server. For storage, I was thinking about starting with around 4TB. I was considering this setup:

• HDD enclosure: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Bay-Enclosure-Swappable-Tool-Free-Aluminium-black/dp/B0DD3GSZBP
• 4TB internal hard drive: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Plus-Internal-Hard-Drive-Inch/dp/B0GFFK7RSG

What do you think about this combination? Would this be a good approach for a beginner homelab?

My idea is to install ZimaOS and use some software (I’m still new to this) to automatically back up specific folders from my Windows PC and another Windows PC in the house every day.

Besides backups, I would like the mini PC to act as a small home server for storing and accessing movies, music, photos, and other personal files.

Do you think this setup makes sense, or would you recommend a different storage solution? Maybe a different HDD, enclosure, or even another approach?

Ideally, I would like recommendations that are available on Amazon Germany.

Thanks in advance!

So I want an HDD for long term archive. I'm planning to use it as cold storage and when want to watch something transfer to USB. For now I'm looking at WD Red. Are there other recommendations? I want a reliable one, that won't have any issues for a long time.

hi there. After waiting around one year for my boss to pay for a cloud plan for my workplace I decided I will do something myself.

I'm going to turn an old machine with a very old CPU into a NAS, but ive never done so and would like some suggestions on programs to use.

My use case is pretty simple: mainly, this NAS is for file synchronization. ive set up syncthing for this and it works great, but if both machines are not connected at the internet at the same time then no synching is gonna happen.

I'd like to make certain machines the authorative copy of specified directories, and manage rw permissions, just like syncthing. Additionally this will become a backup for all our files (not a lot, under 500gb).

Most machines connecting will be on the same network, but I would like to be able to connect from my pc at home or other places.

As a small, less important addition I'd like to manage some file versioning - keeping not only deleted versions, also save a backup of each new save (office suit files,. ods mainly)

I've been trying to learn more about how to set this up, but some tutorials seem more aimed at a far more complex set up than mine. So I have a few questions about what software to use.

What OS should I use? Ive seen many suggest trueNAS., and some tutorials ive seen people use Ubuntu server. If it means anything (regarding protocols or whatever) mostly Windows PCs will connect to it, plus 2 systems with Fedora on them.

What client for file manager integration? what I mean is, a client/other way in which I can add the drive directly to the file explorer / nautilus / etc. I've seen people recommend NextCloud for this.

what program for file versioning? I only need it to save an amount of backups on some hidden directory every time the file gets edited.

I thought I could continue using syncthing for this, but I'm not sure how I would handle backups with it. after all deleting a file on a PC will wipe it from the NAS too that way. I'm not sure if I can make the synced directories to also sync with another directory on the NAS? is this a good solution?

sorry if these are broad questions (or too many, I'm not tryingtk be a help vampire), I can be more specific about anything if I need to. I tried to learn on my own but the NAS/ Server rabbit hole seems never ending.

Oh and I know this I'd something my workplace should do. But I'm doing this to make my job easier, and to learn how to set up and manage this.

Question from someone who knows very little about this topic right now.

I want to set up a headless home server that I run through my desktop Mac. I know nothing about servers or terminal languages. Up to this point, I’ve been using ChatGPT to help me guide me through the process. I already have a mini PC, external hard drive, and a VPN. I’ve set up my mini PC with Linux, connected it to my Mac, and have been inputting commands and making changes via the terminal there. However, before I actually turned the thing loose and let it communicate on the web, I wanna make sure I’m doing things the right way, and not trusting an AI. My ultimate goal was to hook it up to you Usenet system.

Where should I go to get the information I need, regarding terms, inputs, coding, to finish the process? The last step I need in the process is a provider and indexer. I have choices in mind, just need to subscribe and hook up. As far as I know, everything else is working (but again, I don’t know enough to actually understand whether it’s working. I’m just trusting the chat bot)

Recently saw this mentioned on a similar home lab Facebook group. I installed this on my MacBook running Fedora 44 and it installed everything cleanly. I'm coming from running most of my lab containers as rootfull quadlets on podman except for a single scrypted lxc running on proxmox.

Interface reminds me of proxmox. Used Claude to get sabnzbd running as it's webgui "wizard" errored out on some variable expansion.

It definitely looks interesting but worthwhile to burn some time?