Been lurking for awhile and thought I'd ask for some advise/opinions. I have a huge enterprise storage server with 600tb of SAS drives, 512gb of RAM, dual Xeon, and 6tb of optane SSDs. Also has two 40g QSFP ports.

I know the cost to run and the noise are absurd, but, humor me. Experienced homelabers, what would you do to turn it into the dumbest Plex server running ARR stack? I have my initial thoughts, but curious how others would approach (also I'm an idiot and new to this stuff).

Would also like to use to store video footage for editing purposes.

Edit: I should have asked how would you configure this to make the best NAS to support a Plex server 😞

Also thank you everyone who is pivoting from my misleading post to help. You all are awesome.

Hello Everyone i am currently running a nas using a micro dell pc and some sales are going to be live in some time i am looking for suggestions for Parts

Mini Itx Board / or Normal would do with `2.5GbE LAN` And 4 or 6 Sata Ports

For Intel atleast 10th gen

• For Case i have shortlisted jonsbo n4 case if any other cheaper and better are recommended is also welcome

please share your suggestions

i hvae a proxmox server, on it i have 3 vms running. one is pfsense, one is synology nas (xpenology) and other one is an ubuntu server on which i only run docker containers.

on the pfsense i have setup a wireguard vpn. which allows me access to my home network from outside home. Issue i am currently facing now is. I am able to access proxmox server, pfsense, synology nas using the wireguard vpn. but i am not able to access anything from ubuntu server. what can be the issue?

say for example:
my entire network is on 192.168.50.0 subnet.

i have created wireguard on 192.168.51.0 subnet on pfsense

proxmox is on 192.168.50.5 - able to access through wireguard

synology on 192.168.50.6 - able to access through wireguard

ubuntu server on 192.168.50.10

pfsense on 192.168.50.1 - able to access through wireguard

Hey guys, I have a trunas scale system : 5800x with crucial 32gb ddr 4000mhz(running at 2133mhz because i didnt see a difference so save some power),xfx 750w psu and 4x 4tb in raidz1 and another 240gb ssd for apps. (Ram, ssd,case, and psu I had from my old gaming rig). Removed the 980ti because Im not using jellyfin anymore.

I want to implement some projects that was in truecharts (like modded minecraft) in docker because truecharts is rip.

I have seen that electric eel supports docker native implementation. Idk if I should just get the experimental or use the terminal implementation in bluefish with some tinkering?

I am only using a 1 gig local connection so memory won't be issue, I will set the zfs cache to 4 gb if needed.

Currently it's a mix of apps and a vm for game server. Apps are nextcloud, pihole, WordPress, collabora, home assistant, nginx, ... But a whole vm for games is not needed i guess that's why I'm thinking about changing. If you guys say I should run all the programs in a vm instead of in apps I could do that (it's technically safer/secure too). Idk if something like pihole worth running through a vm ? I also never tried portainer or pm2, should I?

I do not plan to make a dedicated system or a pi for suff like pihole because of cost and power consumption.

I am also plainng to add more Programms/Containers like spoolman, unifi, phpmyadmin, Prometheus, multiple game servers, ...

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Looking to build a microcomputer primarily to function primarily as a raided NAS for storing photos, and secondarily as media server/TV attached media viewer. I've already got an old miniITX case which I'll jerryrig to house everything - but I don't need a full-sized mobo. A cheap and cheerful ARM/Raspberry PI style computer would be ample.

Basically I'm looking for the best bang for my buck. Something that runs smoothly, is fast enough for home LAN media streaming and transferring large numbers of photos across the network. Hoping to spend most of the budget on two big raided 10TB harddrives.

Never built a NAS before but I know my way around linux and understand the hardware, know how to build a computer etcetera - mainly looking for parts advice. Any recent parts guides, optimal builds, or other bits of advice welcome.

Edit: Looking around this sub might not be the right place to ask, lol. But also I reckon you'll know!

Currently my setup is basically just one server running proxmox, i don't run many services atm, but it's slowly growing

At the moment my setup is like this (don't judge, most components are from a pc i got in a trade):

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x
  
• RAM: 32GB non-ecc
  
• SSD: 2x 120GB, 2x 250GB
  
• HDD: 4x 3TB (raidz1)
  
• GPU: GTX 1050ti (passed through to a windows VM for cad work)

So, the question is, which is the better choice, does it make sense to separate the data to a separate box that will only handle the data (backups, and plex media), or would it be better to upgrade my current setup to still do everything, but also have an igpu for media transcoding since atm i use the dedicated gpu for the windows VM, and rely on the cpu for plex, which is fine for now since i generally don't have anyone using plex while i do cad, but i'd like to have the cpu available for more than just plex if someone in the house is watching a movie

ATT makes 2 and 5Gbps plans available in my area. But their router is not good.

I want to try to host few heavy bandwidth sites at my home on my Kubernetes cluster. Each node at my home has 10 Gbps SFP+.

I want to bypass their router (with special SFP+ module), but can't figure out which router to use.

Must have - 4 SFP+ ports - iBGP to load balance with Kubernetes

So far I only found EdgeRouter ER-8-XG. Very expensive - $1800.

If I would to get used device, Cisco ASR 1002-X or ASR 1001-X may work and is cheap at $300, but very noisy.

Anyone can recommend good router?

While I was buying an APC UPS from a guy... he had a server he wanted to offload so I gave him $50 (AUD) for it. Here's the specs...

HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8

Proc 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz (8/8 cores; 16 threads)

Proc 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz (8/8 cores; 16 threads)

4x 8GB 1Rx4 PC3-12800R-11-13-C2 1600 MHz ECC RAM (32GB Total)

4x 2.5” 10K SAS 300GB HDD

HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR Adapter

HP Smart Array P420i Controller

HP StorageWorks 82Q 8Gb PCI-e Dual Port FC HBA

Firstly, did I get a bargain?

Secondly, what would you set this beast(?) up to do?

I've reset everything to defaults. Everything is reporting OK other than the cache module on the storage controller which is degraded. "POST Error: 1705-Slot X Drive Array - Please replace Cache Module Super-Cap. Caching will be enabled once Super-Cap has been replaced and charged."

I'm also giving it a secure erase seeing as though the previous owner's environment was still installed/functional.

Looks like this pulls about 120w booted into a bootable Linux USB.

I am working on moving my homelab into a rack by stacking everything vertically in a 10U 10" or 12" rack on shelves like this:

1U: 8 Port 2.5G 1Port SFP+ Switch 8" x 4"
1U: 8 Port SFP+ Switch 8" x 4"
2U: MinisForm MS-01 8" x 8"
2U: MinisForm MS-01 8" x 8"
1U: 4 Port 1G Switch 8" x 4"
1U: Power Supplies for MS-01s, Extra Storage
1U: Rackmount UPS?

I am planning on using these rails: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RYQJZZ8 and shelves like these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1TTQQC but deeper

Anyone know where to find rackmount shelves that are 10" or 12" wide and 8" deep?

How safe is smb1 on a Truenas system if I just run Plex and pihole? I have a old device that runs on smb 1 and I'm tinkering but I keep hearing smb1 is dangerous?

Currently I am plotting and planning a build for the upcomming Milk-V Oasis - a Mini-ITX RISC-V board featuring a new Sophgo CPU. I plan to run CI/CD on it and would like to connect it directly to my storage - and use it as a NAS, while at it. So, I own four HGST HDDs, each full fat 3.5" drives. But my shelf is only 570mm deep in terms of what I can mount into it. And since the CPU is not going to draw a whole lot of power, I was intending to use a 1U case. But no matter how far I look, all of the ones that fit the bill of being just 1U and have 4 bays, are above 600mm deep... and I feel like I have dug through half the internet at this point trying to find a case.

The reason I am trying to stay on 1U? Space. I only have a 12U shelf - trying to save space is my biggest priority, as there are going to be other ARM boards - like Ampere - in there that may require more space, and my own PC in a 4U sliger is already taking up, well, 4U, a third of the whole shelf.

Do you happen to know of any case that would fit those requirements? Thank you!