i started this project on a laptop with plex, went to my old PC and some old work PC's, but they were too crappy to do alot with.
but now i am finally confident enough to say this homeserver is stable. it's been running for 2 1/2 months now without any downtime and it runs everything i need! (i might also add a MC server someday idk)
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wiccan2@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 159d
Just a warning, don't go chasing high runtime numbers. It's better to have downtime for kernel updates and OS patches than to have a machine that's been up for months.
That said there are ways to update without rebooting so if you do want to chase runtime there's a whole new rabbit hole to explore :)
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 159d
Maybe I'm just unlucky but I've experienced plenty of power outages that negatively affected my servers (mostly services not coming back up properly) so I've found it more worthwhile to optimize boot and recovery time.
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 4 pts · 159d
A small apc has helped my tiny server stay up for the couple of min downtime that occurs yearly.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 159d
Sure an APC/UPS is pretty much necessity but I've also had services that lost their mind when the internet went down for more than a few mins. I also personally wouldn't rely on a UPS keeping the server up long enough for power to be restored (depends on capacity and load, etc.). Sometimes a graceful shutdown paired with WoL is better.
Lots of ways to approach these issues which is why infrastructure engineers get paid well.
Dultas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 158d
It's not to keep it up untill power is restored. It's to keep it up if it was a minor outage and cleanly shutdown if it isn't.
If some is using it purely for weathering an outage they're doing it wrong.
poVoq@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 159d
Please close that case properly ðŸ˜
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 159d
nuh uh :3c
KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 159d
Nice! What are you running on it?
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 13 pts · 159d
proxmox with some debian containers and a truenas vm :3
IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social · 3 pts · 159d
Nice machine!
I'm seeing mine up right now. Got setup on bare Debian. But I know I need proxmox now, so I'm planning on switching.
What made you go proxmox with a truenas VM?
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 159d
i wanted to use truenas for mirror RAID config, but i didnt want it to eat all the RAM
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 159d
So like what do you do with it? Host media for playback on any device in your home? Anything else?
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 159d
nextcloud for family photos jellyfin for my digitalised LPs, CDs, some films and shows joplin for notes pihole to block trash network-wide traefik to refer to my hosted services with a domain (i forgot what that's called) but for example nextcloud.domain.com
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 159d
So traefik is like a local dns?
klankin@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 158d
Pihole is, traefik is a reverse proxy like nginx
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 4 pts · 159d
Excellent sticker.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 159d
Congratulations! It's beautiful
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 159d
thankuu ^^
SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 158d
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 159d
Needs more stickers but great job, congratulations!
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 159d
Wow, what a beauty! Must be fantastic now that it's proven itself to mostly work. I'm gonna try setting up a Vintage Story dedicated server with Fedora Server this week on a thin client or HP pro or whatever you want to call it. What do you use when managing the server? I read about Cockpit and honestly it looks to perfectly fit my needs.
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 159d
COCKpit
i just use the pve web interface and homarr as a "homelab homepage"
edit: also ive never heard of fedora server, is it any good? whats the reasin to usr it over regular old debian?
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 159d
Well I just switched over from W11 to Fedora on my workstation/main device and I had an impulse to keep the amount of seperate distro's to max 2. Already have Mint on the living room pc, so, I don't know, maybe keeping it in the same family reduces my startup friction?
Also have a Synology NAS seperately, so currently my new home server demands are low, fedora server is bound to adequate.
FireShowers@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 159d
This was the case of my first custom built PC! That thing is unfortunately a bit of a dust collector though, the inside frames are not exactly circulation friendly but they served well for 8 years. Also why don't you have the back plate not fitted in? Is it bent?
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 159d
nah i just overlooked it