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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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[โ€“] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Dultas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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.