monkeyman512

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monkeyman512 ,

Syncthing is a better fit for your use case. As much as I appreciate having my Nextcloud setup, it can also be a pain in the ass some times.

Should I use a rolling distro?

Currently, I use Debian on my server. I have an Intel Arc GPU that I use for transcoding, however hardware encoding doesn't work. I am able to get a slight performance benefit from decoding, but encoding would be much better. I have an A750 in my desktop (not server), and was able to get hardware acceleration working, but only...

monkeyman512 ,

I am running an Arc A40 on an Ubuntu VM for Plex. They only problem I have is VM not booting after it is restarted. Restarting the host fixes the issue.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091844/graphics.html

monkeyman512 ,

Someone I know organized a group buy and bought a box of them.

monkeyman512 ,

I can't give you specifics but generally what is likely necessary:

  1. Backup anything important. You will be doing things that risk loosing data.
  2. Make a bootable USB with a live Linux.
  3. Look up instructions on resizing partitions.
  4. Boot into the live Linux from the USB
  5. Resize your existing Proxmox partition
monkeyman512 ,

I would also make sure you have a Proxmox install USB ready to go just in case.

monkeyman512 ,

I am running Plex with an Intel A40 in Ubuntu server. Worked well for me as Ubuntu had the drivers baked in before they made there way into a Debian release.

monkeyman512 ,

In general checkout LearnLinuxTV on YouTube. Lots of good guides.

monkeyman512 ,

Are you certain? They could be making clothing with divisive messages.

/Jk

monkeyman512 ,

Good call. How are you? Have you had enough water today?

How much does it matter what type of harddisk i buy for my server?

Hello, I'm relatively new to self-hosting and recently started using Unraid, which I find fantastic! I'm now considering upgrading my storage capacity by purchasing either an 8TB or 10TB hard drive. I'm exploring both new and used options to find the best deal. However, I've noticed that prices vary based on the specific...

monkeyman512 ,

Other people have suggested good info to gain nuisanced knowledge. I recommend starting with a simple fact. With enough time and/or the right conditions all storage will fail. Design your setup with redundancy. I personally had to replace 2x 12tb drives this year. I have raidz3 (3 parity drives) and a hot spare. So I just bought cheap replacements from a reputable seller on eBay and consider it part of the cost of self hosting.

monkeyman512 ,

Just put them in a separate library and only share it with people that ask for it.

monkeyman512 ,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome

monkeyman512 ,

A used older desktop is a good starting machine. I think Unraid is a good starting point as the community is more welcome to completely new people needing a lot of help. Also this channel has a tone of good guides for Unraid:
https://youtube.com/@SpaceinvaderOne?si=A8BWLbMq42KzHD8I

I suggest starting off cheap to learn. Then you can spend money as you determine what is necessary based on problems you encounter. One VERY important thing to remember is that HDDs fail, power surges kill motherboards, water leaks kill the whole thing. If you don't want to loose family photos, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT BACKED UP OFF YOUR SERVER. Preferably "off-site".

Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU ( www.techradar.com )

Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU::LPCAMM2 is a revolution in RAM, but it faces an uphill struggle

monkeyman512 ,

I think most people don't know the difference between "on-die" and "on-package". This may be what they mean: https://beebom.com/intel-meteor-lake-cpu-on-chip-ram/

monkeyman512 ,

If it still has working USB you can hook it up to a $10 raspberry pi with wifi to act as a print server. I can understand if that's a more ambitious tech project than your ready to take on.

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