rarifiedbovine

Based on my use-cases (k3s agents for pihole, unifi controller, home automation, and a couple other services), do you think 4GB or 8GB would be enough? And processor requirements I should be thinking about?

Hey folks! I've been running a home server for a while--stuff like nextcloud, *arrs, jellyfin, a self-hosted virtual tabletop, and pihole. I've been using basic docker containers in a Debian distro. I'm interested in moving over to kubernetes partly for learning, but also to avoid downtime issues when I mess with something. Primarily, I'd like to use it to run pihole, ubiquiti controller, VPN and security stuff, such that even when my NAS serv er is down, I can use the internet and get into my network from the outside world and all that. Let's say I already have one machine that is a pretty powerful home server...Xeon E5, 128 GB RAM, that sort of thing. I will virtualize a NAS os on that one. I can also use it to run a K8s master server. How many other machines do i need to purchase if I want to run kubernetes for availability, and what kind of machines need they be (i.e., can they be Pis? NUCs?). Note that I understand I can just virtualize [x] machines on my existing hardware. However, to me that seems to defeat the purpose of K8s. Is that the wrong way to be thinking about it? Thanks in advance for the help!

Very much so. Decided to go for a bare bones + PSU chassis. Feels dumb because it’s almost the same price but ah well.

Because I will get plenty of juice from just one CPU?

Blast from the past: what do you think about this hardware? Is it harder to work with 4x CPU? I assume DDR3 ram is ok but any cause for concern? https://www.ebay.com/itm/154691089923?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=rI5jpFxtSLW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=QmAgLVPFSFe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I've got a E3-1245 v5. Good to know about the RAM. Any recommendations for a server and disk shelf that I should hunt for on ebay?

Understood! So it sounds like my xeon should be able to to handle this...Any particular reason for the supermicro board? Also, do you follow the 1GB RAM for every 1 TB storage rule? Does that mean you need to have that much RAM which is not typically utilized by other system processes? So the two SAS ports on the H310 card go out to the expander, which has three 4x SATA breakouts coming into it? Are you saying that by using both of the H310 ports to connect to the expander, you're potentially getting more bandwidth dedicated to the 12 SATA devices?

Wow, thanks...Very helpful! So you run pfsense (rather than a unifi router) together with some other unifi hardware? How does backup on proxmox work? Do you do any on-site physical or off-site backups as well?

Couple questions: What's the heuristic for which apps to put into the Ubuntu VM for docker containers, and which to run on their own VMs? Why an LXC container for UniFi (instead of Ubuntu VM?) What do you use Windows LTSC for? Looks like you have two RAID controllers in the system? I assume you're not using hardware raid though, right? How are they allocated? If not too personal...why run fr24?

I'd like to do: Rack-mounted everything, for the fun factor ubuntu VMs (unless you recommend one or more of these be proxmox-hosted docker containers instead: unibiquiti controller pihole home assistant (I think) *arrs jellyfin with my quadro passed through for transcoding nextcloud or something similar "master" Kodi instance TrueNAS would like to do around 80TB storage some sort of cloud backup for the above windows for some windows-only hosted apps

OK, let's talk hardware. What should I be thinking about? Is there a helpful guide to which you can point me? The hardware recs I've found online haven't been helpful. What questions should I answer for myself to help with the hardware discussion?

Word, thank you. This is actually quite helpful. My bete noire in the last few iterations has been persistent permissions problems/resetting, so that's the thing I'm most scared of. Yet I'm really curious and excited to try.

Gotcha. And I assume that there are no issues with, e.g., setting up your *arr apps in one VM, and your storage appliance in truenas on another, and having the former use/communicate with the latter for its data storage?

Why use truenas underproxmox plus all those VMs instead of, for example, using truenas as the hypervision and running apps within freebsd jails/docker containers (in truenas scale)

I was using debian with Docker containers for the apps, mergerFS and SnapRaid. The main things I don't like are: I lack the CLI skills to really go under the hood with snapraid and make sure things are getting backed up when I chroned them too and that drives aren't failing CLI is just a bit too fiddly I get occasional permissions issues where one docker container fails to play nicely with another (e.g., the downloader can't correctly folder stuff according to rules established by the PVR; my music management software can't rename files until I go and re-777 the folder it is targeting), and permissions issues where something running on my windows machine, like Windows Explorer or some other software, can't see or play with files in the media share. I occasionally find that it is way too slow when I'm trying to work on files en masse, but that may be a hardware issue

Do you follow the 1 GB of RAM per TB of storage for ZFS? Any tips on how to make sure that "ZFS can communicate to the disks directly?" Any more context on why you prefer TrueNAS Core (and, consequently, FreeBSD jails) to TrueNAS SCALE? Are any better than others at avoiding the bane of my existence--permissions when dealing with windows machines?

How good is it at being available through Windows explorer as a network drive?

Hey folks! Moving into a new place, which means a server rebuild! Here's what I do, roughly in order of priority Home media streaming and file storage (15 TB at this point) Downloading In-network file storage and sharing with Windows computers Self-hosted cloud Home automation/metrics UniFi controller Backup I'm pretty comfortable with Linux CLI and Docker, and with the smarthomebeginner.com guides. But also, should I just go with Windows this time to keep it simple with respect to storing and sharing files within the house? Also curious, if I do go with Ubuntu, what should I do about RAID? Hardware? Software? ZFS? I feel pretty neutral about these things. I know I want to do a rack-mounted server thing, with lots of hard drives, and also I have a Quadro card in my current server for transcoding and such.

This one was a real labor of love. It took me about 3 years, multiple restarts to get things exactly right, etc., etc. This one was not for the faint of heart! Lots of time at home during the pandemic is not necessarily bad for productivity... Custom paint, custom wires, custom cut (and bent, in one crazy ill-advised instance) glass tubing, painted the motherboard and lots of the hardware components. Some difficulties along the way: Never going with an MSI motherboard again. Just an awful software suite. My zeal for the Aquacomputer Aquabus interface knew no bounds...But I took it too far by getting the Aquacomptuer D5 Next pump. It's a cool device...Unless you intend to keep it tucked away. Let's just say that rebuilding and resizing glass tubing is not fun at all when the pump keeps giving you trouble. Thank goodness for EK's shifted vertical GPU mount. The only way to put an inverted GPU in a vertical position, as far as I can tell (unless you fab it yourself).

I'm having a heck of a time here--never had this issue with previous systems. I just booted up a new machine with my Aquacomputer D5 Next, Farbwerk, and Aquaero 6 all connected to a Hubby7 over USB, and the Hubby7 connected to an internal USB header on my MSI X570 Godlike. Hubby7 did not have SATA power but all devices are powered individually. All individual devices are working--pump is pumping and lit, Aquaero is on and powering fans, Farbwerk is on and powering lights. Hubby7 jumper was on USB (but have also tried on SATA of course). OS is Windows 11. As soon as I plugged it in, the OS told me that the port was experiencing a power surge and the port even started smoking a bit. I unplugged and have since tried all kinds of different ways to connect the various devices to my motherboard but. While I can reproduce the power surge issue, the only other outcome I get is that the USB devices are not recognized when I plug them in. Instead, they show up as an undefined USB resource ("Device Descriptor Request Failed" in device manager! I have tried: Powering the Hubby7 in both jumper positions and plugging it into both USB 2.0 internal header (causes power surge and smoking) and USB 3.0 internal header with adapter (devices not recognized by windows) Using a powered NZXT internal USB hub, both 2.0 and 3.0 header (via adapter). None of the devices are recognized. Using an unpowered USB internal splitter, both 2.0 and 3.0 header (via adapter). None of the devices are recognized. Any ideas?

I purchased directly from the Bitspower site.

Hey folks! I just want some plain chrome/aluminum/metal-looking RAM for my build. The EK Monarch heatspreader, designed to sit under their RAM waterblock, is perfect. Is that OK to run without a waterblock? I note that it actually doesn't have that much surface area--no fins or anything.

I hadn’t seen any photos of the X570 Godlike Monoblock from Bitspower actually ON the motherboard which made deciding whether or not to get it frustrating. So, in case anyone else finds themselves in that boat: here’s mine!

It's more like I don't want a logo at all. Can try to get it off with chemicals... Hm. Why do you say that the power limit doesn't matter? Isn't that absolutely essential?

Ooh that Heatkiller one is pretty but I hate the branding on it. Wonder if I can remove with some scouring/chemicals? It's going into a reverse case with a vertical mount so I really don't want a big upside-down "HEATKILLER" logo on there...