But I notice that they don’t say they’ll ban everyone from Feddit…?

So, maybe there’s some hope for them yet…

Didn’t even know it was a thing, thanks for sharing

Harsh (to yourself), but fair

Without repeating my other comment. This approach saved my life many times

Until you block ICMP one day and then wonder why the server keeps rebooting…

(Been there. Done it)

This.

Do it. This saved my life on more than one occasion.

You’ll think “nah, it’ll be fine” and then at 11pm when your brain’s fried on vending machine coffee you’ll be glad that you did it… 3 times over…

Check out JetKVM

not RAID10 I hope…

Presuming you can put OpenWRT on it, it’ll be fine as a single box

IMHO, I just prefer having it all as separates and then fix / change / upgrade parts as I go - but I soon run out of places to hide them

Is the ISP supplied box also your wifi?

If not, IMHO I’d use the ISP equipment as a pass-through modem (if possible on that model?) and have a separate OpenWRT / pfSense firewall do all the heavy lifting for DHCP, DNS, ad blocking, etc

Depends if you’d then need another WAP, of course

Feel free to ask over at !homeassistant@lemmy.world too.

But to echo some other comments here, whatever you do, keep it simple and ensure a botched HA update doesn’t freeze / cook you by using standard components as a backup / failsafe

Ok, thanks. Yeah, I don’t use PostgreSQL much, so I have to get my head into it.

That said, it’s only for Immich, so I could just wipe it and start again which might be quicker… it only took 3 days to scan the photos, it might take me longer to update the database 😉

Updated my NAS recently and Immich’s database stopped working due to some PostgreSQL update that needs something changed manually, so I need to get my head around that.

Also trying to get a tablet to run as a 2nd satellite for HomeAssistant voice commands and no matter what I do, only the 1st one responds to wakeword… but I tend to give up after everyone’s gone to bed as I’m literally in a room on my own talking to myself…

Using PfBlockerNG?

It’s a great piece of software, but I had a hell of a time blocking some countries for torrents.

A single IP in China was repeatedly downloading an Ubunto ISO, I think due to the various methods of peers finding each other, so in the end I had to create an additional alias to block outgoing traffic even though only I was only allowing specific other countries in.

I agree, the acronym NAS does indeed mean that.

But would you call a Hypervisor a NAS?

When I say NAS, I mean NAS. Bulk storage remotely accessible on the network.

When someone starts talking about all their VMs/Containers, I understand that to mean something else… I’d prefer to use a generic term like “server” instead.

Look, there’s 2 things here:

• NAS - meaning storage

and

• NAS - meaning a virtualisation / container server that’s doing lots of fairly random disk access

Which are you wanting?

For the first, just consider capacity (you’ll fill it) and noise (spinning away all night)

For the 2nd, really really consider SSDs as they’re silent and fast.

RAID1 is just a convenience factor, so whatever you do, don’t get too caught up in the drive mechanics as you’ll have a full backup (right?) and can restore your data at a moment’s notice.

Honestly, honestly, just go for something large & quiet and you’ll be fine.

And yes, SSD for the OS

+10 for keeping notes.

Yep, even that temporary thing, write it down. Usernames & passwords go in KeePass - with descriptive notes in there too

You should check out Ansible

I run multiple Arch systems at home; laptops, NAS, media, etc. but I’d recommend a Debian based OS for a new starter… unless they’re really, really keen to learn how everything works.

For inspiration, take a look at the Nextcloud Devices - just for the hardware ideas.

I’m still running a Nextcloud Box (with the original Western Digital drive) and it’s fine for my needs.