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Server build for Family (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by Dust0741@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Goal:

  • 16TB mirrored on 2 drives (raid 1)
  • Hardware raid?
  • Immich, Jellyfin and Nextcloud. (All docker)
  • N100, 8+ GB RAM
  • 500gb boot drive ssd
  • 4 HDD bays, start with using 2

Questions:

  • Which os?
    • My though was to use hardware raid, and just set that up for the 2 hdds, then boot off an ssd with Debian (very familiar, and use it for current server which has 30+ docker containers. Basically I like and am good at docker so would like to stick to Debian+docker. But if hardware raid isn't the best option for HDDs now a days, I'll learn the better thing)
  • Which drives? Renewed or refurb are half the cost, so should I buy extra used ones, and just be ready to swap when the fail?
  • Which motherboard?
  • Which case?
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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

If you can do at least three nodes with high availability. It is more expensive and trickier to setup but in the long run it is worth it when hosting for others. You can literally unplug a system and it will fail over

It is overkill but you can use Proxmox with a docker swarm.

Again way overkill but future proof and reliable

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

I think this is the way and not an overkill at all!

Its super easy to swarm ProxMox, and you make your inevitable admin job easier. Not to mention backups, first testing & setting up a VM on your server before copying it to their, etc.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You need at minimum three ceph nodes but actually four if you want it to work better. But ceph isn't ideally designed in mind with clusters that small. 7 nodes would be more reasonable.

While clustering proxmox using ceph is cool as fuck it's not easy or cheap to accomplish at home.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No, I didn't mean with ceph. No quorum needed either. Just add to the group.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so you mean completely independent hosts.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, it's still easier to manage, transfer stuff, Proxmox Backup server integrates nicely, etc.

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