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  • Using rsync for backups, because it's not shiny and new

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  • It depends

    rsync is fine, but to clarify a little further...

    If you think you'll stop the transfer and want it to resume (and some data might have changed), then yep, rsync is best.

    But, if you're just doing a 1-off bulk transfer in a single run, then you could use other tools like xcopy / scp or - if you've mounted the remote NAS at a local mount point - just plain old cp

    The reason for that is that rsync has to work out what's at the other end for each file, so it's doing some back & forwards communications each time which as someone else pointed out can load the CPU and reduce throughput.

    (From memory, I think Raspberry Pi don't handle large transfers over scp well... I seem to recall a buffer gets saturated and the throughput drops off after a minute or so)

    Also, on a local network, there's probably no point in using encryption or compression options - esp. for photos / videos / music... you're just loading the CPU again to work out that it can't compress any further.

  • 2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions

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  • Ah, but it's how old you feel which is more important 😉

    Maybe those statistics could be really interesting:

    • How old do you feel when using proprietary software?
    • How old do you feel when using FOSS?
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  • No, even lighterweight - no containers.

    My NAS is mostly plain Arch packages, so just upgrade and all is well. No additional container software layer to maintain either.

    Btrfs management tools update with the OS, all is good.

  • Recommendations for Note taking app with simple needs

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  • +1 on all of this.

    Logseq basically saved my mind when I took on a new job where I needed to take a lot of notes quickly, easily and keep track of all the ToDos.

    Syncthing keeps my laptop and phone in sync (with my NAS) so I can start notes on my laptop and then finish on my phone.

    You can definitely reorder checkboxes, but on Android it's still not quite a smooth experience, but it's ok.

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    How do you secure your home lab? Like, physically? From thieves?

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  • A confession in here is worth total forgiveness.

    I'll phone your boss and clear it for you...

    (Most of mine then eventually ended up on ebay)

  • How can i find what files are causing the problem? Opening the app shows everything normal

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  • I think that's the point (.txt)

  • Is there a self-hosted project that does url decoding in a privacy respecting fashion?

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  • Got an example in BASH?

    Edit: someone else has a link

  • What are you guys using to sort and name music?

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  • Thanks. Didn't know these existed.

  • What I host myself

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  • Mail servers?

    How are you finding that these days? I thought all the anti-spam stuff meant that self-hosted email was just not worth it these days?

  • What external services do you use for your selfhosting setup?

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    • Lets Encrypt...
    • Backblaze (for now, until I find an alternative closer to home)
    • Email

  • Jellyswarrm - reverse proxy all your Jellyfin servers from a single interface, presenting as a standard Jellyfin server, clients should work out of the box.

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  • Docker or Proxmox? Something else entirely?

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  • Hmm, I setup a Proxmox machine a while back because, well, all the cool kids seemed to do it - and plenty of "support" on youtube

    I found Incus and it just seemed better, but it was harder to find info on (back then) and seemed a little unready

    Now, I regret not sticking with my gut instinct as I've got to basically rip out Proxmox to get Incus in, which means all my VMs are prisoners (and us: 1 VM is Home Assistant!)

    So, do you know if it's possible to migrate my VMs across to Incus, or is it literally wipe drive, start again?

    (Obviously the data in each VM can be backed up & restored into new VMs)

  • choosing a NIC for OPNsense

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  • Ah, ok, good to know, thanks

  • Am I corrupting my data?

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  • I think you've misunderstood

    Ok, OMV needs a separate (small) boot drive to install on (ie consider a M.2 / SSD on a USB adapter)

    But, then all your (large) storage is used for the NAS.

    OMV will run Docker containers, but their data would also be pointed to the large NAS storage.

     
        
|  Small |   Large   |
|--------+-----------|
| OMV    | Your Files|
| Docker | Data, etc |

  • choosing a NIC for OPNsense

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  • Why the MTU change?

  • Am I corrupting my data?

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  • I always prefer bare metal for the core NAS functionality. There's no benefit in adding a hypervisor layer just to create an NFS / SMB / iSCSI share

    OMV comes with it's own bare metal installer, based on Debian, so it's as stable as a rock.

    If you've used it before, you're probably aware that it needs it's own drive to install on, then everything else is the bulk storage pool.. I've used various USB / mSATA / M.2 drives over the years and found it's a really good way to segregate things.

    I stopped using OMV when - IMO - "core" functions I was using (ie syncthing) became containers, because I have no use for that level of abstraction (but it's less work for the OMV dev to maintain addons, so fair enough)

    So, you don't have to install docker, OMV automatically handles it for you.

    How much OMV's moved on, I don't know, but I thought it would simplify your setup.

  • Am I corrupting my data?

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  • You should have all your data separately stored, it shouldn't be locked inside containers, and using a VM hosted on a device to serve the data is a little convoluted

    I personally don't like TrueNAS - I'm not a hater, it just doesn't float my boat (but I suspect someone will rage-downvote me 😉)

    So, as an alternative approach, have a look at OpenMediaVault

    It's basically a Debian based NAS designed for DIY systems, which serves the local drives but it also has docker on, so feels like it might be a better fit for you.

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    Help diagnosing server freeze issue

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  • Definitely suspect.

    You should be able to let memtest run for days with no problems, so a reboot would either be a faulty stick or possibly a faulty motherboard slot.

    Swap the RAM between slots to isolate the root cause

  • Securing a 'public' service for family

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  • GeoIP blocking

    You mention a firewall, but for any open ports still restrict the source IPs to limited ranges not "all".

    Personally, at my home's edge firewall I have pfSense with pfBlocker and that uses a GeoIP database, so I can just pick the countries I want to allow in... you want to block as early as possible (ie at the VPS?), so you might have to look at options

    If your family are in the same region, then it should be relatively easy to limit to a few ranges on the VPS

    Here's a quick search result: https://lite.ip2location.com/ip-address-ranges-by-country