Hat hier zufällig schon mal Jemand erfolgreich eine eigene #Mastodon #Instanz auf einem #NAS oder einem eigenen lokalen #Server installiert?

Making progress on my TrueNAS build using an old HP Z420 Workstation... I fixed some things but still have a lot to do!

https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/04/05/hp-z420-progress/

Yay! I finally got 6 drives connected to the HP Z420 for my TrueNAS build. Seems there are extra SATA ports on the motherboard that are not used or something? I found the two "hidden" ones and got all the drives to show up.

This was a pain but I am past it now and can move on to getting all drives into place.

I believe I've got four 4TB drives to stick into it, just debating if I should make one a spare right away or not. I could use an old 6TB drive as the spare.

More experimentation with @readeck

Since it is running on local on my #MacBook in an external SSD, and my #iPadPro is my main device to explore the web, I needed a solution to save pages.

I created a #shortcut on #iOS that use #Tailscale to connect to my MacBook to make an API call. It works very good!

My next trick is to install #Readeck on a #docker container, on my #Synology #NAS. More on this soon..

I am somewhat stuck on "VDEVs not assigned" in TrueNAS after I did a system reinstall...

I'm so good at buying stuff for my #homelab and so bad at actually placing that in service. The list of stuff in waiting:

1. Backup #NAS box - waiting for OMV installation and disk transplantation from old #Synology
2. #tplink AX5400 access point - waiting for VLAN configuration on switch
3. Two small #bitcoin miners - waiting for VLAN-based VPN routing
4. New 2 TB NVME drive for my primary PC - waiting for a solid idea on how to move #Fedora from current 1 TB drive without re-installation

Setbacks and woes in my TrueNAS build. I broke things but I do that a lot, so I'll just fix them. (RIP SATA!)

https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/04/03/hp-z420-setbacks/

I'm starting to (re?)build this HP Z420 Workstation into something useful... home server, NAS, probably running TrueNAS Scale.

It's a complete mess right now because I've just been testing the hardware but I'll work on organizing and cleanup in the coming weeks.

https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/04/01/hp-z420-workstation/

My adventures with TrueNAS so far... I like it, it's complex, but seems pretty powerful, but also complicated.

https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/04/01/truenas-testing/

Raid 5 NAS - Synology Plug'n'Play or Free Software and Build It Yourself? Any recommendations or guides? I'm a NAS beginner.

Ich habe eine Frage zu #Festplatten für ein #NAS:

Bei uns steht ein altes #QNAP TS-469L rum, das zwar keine Updates mehr bekommt, aber auch nicht aus dem Internet erreichbar ist und nur als Archiv dient und die meiste Zeit aus oder im Suspend ist.
Ich würde dem Ding gerne mehr Speicher verpassen, bin aber geizig.

Denkt Ihr, es ist in Ordnung, wenn ich ein paar günstige HDDs besorge, oder sollte man immer besonders haltbare NAS-HDD (z.B. WD Red, Ironwolf) nehmen? 1/2

Quick update on my NAS experience with OpenMediaVault... just wanted to drop a few notes as I dig into TrueNAS Scale in the coming weeks.

https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/31/openmediavault-update/

Trying to decide if a 2-bay NAS is overkill (for me who does not know what she's doing anyway) and if a single board computer like the Zima board is enough for a start.
The latter is decidedly cheaper too.
You know, for a start into the home server thing.

Any advice? This is your chance.
Just to be clear: I've been researching this for months, maybe even years by now. I have ideas about which NAS to get (if I should go that route), and I am mentioning the Zima board deriberatley (instead of a Raspberry Pi). So I'm not a super clueless noob noob. But still unsure enough.

Edited to add that I am in the EU. Maybe that‘s useful info for those who might want to reply.

Thank you to everybody who‘s already replied. I‘ll get back to you later, when I have more headspace and time.

#homeServer #NAS #singleBoardComputer #ZimaBoard

#NAS #Jellyfin
Jellyfin sur mon NAS avec son petit CPU Intel N100 : il transcode la vidéo en H265 (HEVC) à raison de... 1035 images par seconde WOAO
(c'est de l'encodage matériel Intel QSV)

Hmm, I was using the TrueNAS interface through a browser and it became unresponsive... seems to have rebooted itself. Weird. Does not instill confidence. (Could be hardware of course since I'm running it on trash.)

Hey I got TrueNAS Scale up and running, added three old crappy disks, created a pool, dataset, SMB share, and connected to it. I only glanced at the docs and mainly figured things out. Took a while though...

TrueNAS is definitely a lot more complex than OpenMediaVault, but also seems much more powerful, but will I need/use that power?