What to do with a Server in a normal home?

[Sanedish]

Hi, im currently trying to get into servers. I have alot of parts (mainly networking) and server hardware, but no idea what to do with them, maybe a file host to get files from my main pc to my secondary's?

[Levent]

Install proxmox and experiment like everyone else does.

[Sanedish]

Just now, Levent said:

Install proxmox and experiment like everyone else does.

if only i'd know what the hell proxmox is lol

[jaslion]

Just now, Levent said:

Install proxmox and experiment like everyone else does.

And watch your energy consumption

It can go outta hand quiiiick

 

[jaslion]

Just now, Sanedish said:

if only i'd know what the hell proxmox is lol

Aha! First task for you then. Find proxmox

[Levent]

Just now, Sanedish said:

if only i'd know what the hell proxmox is lol

Debian based hypervisor that uses QEMU and its own webgui. Its insanely useful, I migrated to it from ESXI at work and I use it at home.

[Sanedish]

4 minutes ago, Levent said:

Debian based hypervisor that uses QEMU and its own webgui. Its insanely useful, I migrated to it from ESXI at work and I use it at home.

Soo, whats a Hypervisor and QEMU/ESXI?

 

But from what i've seen it's a virtualization software?

 

Edit: i think i remember it, imma give it a shot...

[Sanedish]

3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Aha! First task for you then. Find proxmox

A free debian based virtualization/container software, is that  right?

[Levent]

Just now, Sanedish said:

Please don't talk to me in server language i have zero knowledge and that sounds like chinese to me :d

Debian = one of the oldest and most forked distributions out there.

QEMU = Virtualization software for GNU.

ESXI = Vmware's hypervisor, not free.

WebGUI = web graphical user interface.

 

Honestly, these are less than 5 second google searches to find and read more about. If you dont like searching for things yourself, you might as well list your hardware to ebay already. You wont get far without your own research in this field.

[Sanedish]

2 minutes ago, Levent said:

Honestly, these are less than 5 second google searches to find and read more about.

Like i say in my Signature, please refresh the page before replying since it's basically guaranteed that i edit my post:

7 minutes ago, Sanedish said:

Soo, whats a Hypervisor and QEMU/ESXI?

 

But from what i've seen it's a virtualization software?

 

Edit: i think i remember it, imma give it a shot...

I know what Debian and a WebGUI are.

[jaslion]

4 minutes ago, Sanedish said:

Soo, whats a Hypervisor and QEMU/ESXI?

 

But from what i've seen it's a virtualization software?

 

Edit: i think i remember it, imma give it a shot...

Hypervisors are just programs (or oses or parts of oses think of unraid, proxmox, windows server hyper-v,...)

 

Basically the manager overseeing it's employees (the vms) act within specified limits and are easily manageable by the manager.

 

Esxi is just vmware's take on this.

 

Qemu is a hardware emulator allowing you to do wacky things likr have a "native" arm vm with android but its actually not arm just x86 emulating

[Sanedish]

4 minutes ago, Levent said:

Debian = one of the oldest and most forked distributions out there.

QEMU = Virtualization software for GNU.

ESXI = Vmware's hypervisor, not free.

WebGUI = web graphical user interface.

 

If you dont like searching for things yourself, you might as well list your hardware to ebay already. You wont get far without your own research in this field.

I just asked because i thought a human could explain it to me better than google, i'm sorry to prefer the explanation of humans over google.

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, Sanedish said:

Like i say in my Signature, please refresh the page before replying since it's basically guaranteed that i edit my post:

I know what Debian and a WebGUI are.

Use notepad to write your message and then copy paste. By then you'll be like damn no I need to change. Go back yo notepad and repeat

 

Its how I write my emails. But in word cuz yay spellcheck.

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, Sanedish said:

I just asked because i thought a human could explain it to me better than google, i'm sorry to prefer the explanation of humans over google.

Forum posts are great for this btw or add reddit to a end of search or forum and you'll get many humans goin tsk tsk tsk it's (insert essay length reply here)

[Sanedish]

Just now, jaslion said:

Use notepad to write your message and then copy paste. By then you'll be like damn no I need to change. Go back yo notepad and repeat

 

Its how I write my emails. But in word cuz yay spellcheck.

for me it's not an option because it's an "oh shit i gotta reply", idk why i have that urge to instantly reply...

[Sanedish]

Just now, jaslion said:

Forum posts are great for this btw or add reddit to a end of search or forum and you'll get many humans goin tsk tsk tsk it's (insert essay length reply here)

Huh, that is indeed an idea.

 

[Sanedish]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Hypervisors are just programs (or oses or parts of oses think of unraid, proxmox, windows server hyper-v,...)

 

Basically the manager overseeing it's employees (the vms) act within specified limits and are easily manageable by the manager.

 

Esxi is just vmware's take on this.

 

Qemu is a hardware emulator allowing you to do wacky things likr have a "native" arm vm with android but its actually not arm just x86 emulating

Thanks for the Explanation :p.

Sounds like something that i could use...

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Sanedish said:

Thanks for the Explanation :p.

Sounds like something that i could use...

Honestly just fuck around and find out really.

 

Just know that your early knowledge is gonna be incomplete and you wont know that you are doing something wrong till shit gloriously explodes in your face later down the line

 

Then start over.

 

Either way once you have a nice working setup

 

Start over. Trust me version 4.0 is gonna be THE SHIT

 

As they say in art when making ideas and concepts. Kill your darlings better will come from it.

[Drvulcanlord]

If you have a bunch of DVDs get a Plex server.

If you want to host a website look into apache

if you want to block adds get an add blocker. 

There are lots of uses for a home server, my personal one I just have plex running in truenas and some vms to mess around with. The sky is really the limit if you want to do a specific thing google it and there is probably a way to do it.

[Sanedish]

3 hours ago, Drvulcanlord said:

If you have a bunch of DVDs get a Plex server.

I'm probably gonna do that and back up all my DVD's.

Fitting since i'm looking into getting myself an home cinema system, thanks for giving me all the ideas, i'm certainly gonna look into getting at least 2 servers (1 for plex and one for game servers,  file back ups and/or messing arround) ^^

[Drvulcanlord]

2 hours ago, Sanedish said:

I'm probably gonna do that and back up all my DVD's.

Fitting since i'm looking into getting myself an home cinema system, thanks for giving me all the ideas, i'm certainly gonna look into getting at least 2 servers (1 for plex and one for game servers,  file back ups and/or messing arround) ^^

If you use proxmox you could run it all on one.

[Sanedish]

3 hours ago, Drvulcanlord said:

If you use proxmox you could run it all on one.

nah, i will do 2 since that one will be weak as crap with the bare minimum i can feed it.