First, I would like to thank this community for being an understanding, open-minded and Novice friendly like myself. I have learned a lot in the past few weeks thanks to this community, unlike Reddit’s toxic communities where asking a question is illegal.

I have built most of my NAS; the only missing component (CPU) I will be collecting in the morning. I just wanted to ask general questions or tips. Dos and Donts. I will be using Unraid as OS.

    • osarusan@kbin.social
      12·
      9 months ago

      I agree Reddit is toxic. I’d argue reddit actually stopped being Reddit around 2016. But it’s posts like this that clog it all up and are partially why it is the way it is today.

      I gotta agree with this. The toxicity in any reddit thread increases dramatically when the poster pre-emptively complains about all the toxicity they expect to receive. Whereas when you just ask straight without going into a whole speech about comment quality, you get much better replies. Particularly because it’s hijacking your own thread; changing it from whatever question you wanted to ask into an analysis of the comments.

    • fahad@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      122·
      9 months ago

      I apologise for not being clear.

      These are the specs of my NAS build:

      • Node 804 case

      • 16GB DDR4 RAM

      • Seagate IronWolf Pro 2x 4TB

      • 1TB nvme Samsung 970 evo plus

      • Gigabyte H610M S2H V2 Intel H610 LGA1200 DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboardd

      • DeepCool GAMMAXX GT CPU Cooler A-RGB 120mm PWM Addressable RGB LED Fan Intel AMD

      • 500W EVGA Power Supply Unit / PSU VAT INC

      • Intel core i5-12400t QS 6c/12t Support ASUS ROG Strix B660-I Gaming WiFi LGA1700.

      • I want to store all data onto the NAS, past projects, pics, etc.

      • Set up automatic backups for Windows, Mac

      • Set up media server (Jellyfin) with Arr apps using a VPN (I’m not sure how to set up a VPN with torrent client)

      • Set up headscale to access my NAS from anywhere (also, I can’t find any tutorials).

      • For 3-2-1 backups, I have decided to get an external HDD and use cloud storage.

      • Self-host services such as Nextcloud, Immich and Bitwarden.

      • VMs - Future

      • Web hosting - Future

      • Home assistant - Future

      To be clear, I want to do all that; however, I have never done it before, so that any tutorials would be appreciated.

      By “Dos and Don’ts,” I’m referring to the settings that should be adjusted for optimal performance, security, and privacy.

      Also, any other recommendations would be appreciated.

      • kif@lemmy.nzEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        Sounds like you’ve done a bunch of research! Since you’re using unRAID, setting up your services shouldn’t be too difficult.

        For your torrents and VPN, there’s a few in the unRAID community store - I’d recommend qBittorrentVPN from Binhex - here’s the documentation for setting up their VPN-enabled containers.

        For Headscale, I don’t have any direct experience but unRAID has a decent Wireguard plugin, and should get you up and running in a pinch.

        And for your self-hosted services (especially Bitwarden) ensure you’re not exposing this on the net, by VPN is the only option I’d recommend. Even so, I prefer to use Bitwarden’s hosting with a family plan, for peace of mind and resiliency. It’s also much easier for my family.

        UnRAID is a great place to start - it allows you to scale cheaply as you need and is easier to fix mistakes. Good luck, and happy homelabbing!

    • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Well said.

      The spirit of Self-Hosting is trying things and then asking specific questions when you get stuck (stuck includes having no luck using a search engine).

    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      To your point, I clicked on this post hoping to see what OP was going to use and why because I would like to build my own NAS some day. But like you said, this post is a waste of everyone’s time.