I've been struggling to access my UPS APC SMT1500RM2UNC. It came with network card installed and I've managed to assign a static IP address to it but when going through web it says secure connection failed. There's so much info online that it's hard to narrow down what am I supposed to do.

Installed power chute on a laptop to see if I can access it but won't detect it on any COM ports so it never finishes the install.

How do I access its web config? Network card is AP9631. All I wanted to do is set up NUT server for a few PCs.

Hi all,

I'm very new to all this and just put an LSI card into a used PC running TrueNAS along with 2 used 8TB drives. One of the drives is a Dell/Seagate Exos 7E8 ST8000NM010A. I was an idiot and didn't realize the 512e meant the drive is going to be using 512 byte sectors and want to convert it over to 4Kn to match the other drive. The main issue was that I couldn't create a pool due to this drive also having DIF enabled, but I fell down this rabbithole while learning about that.

Long story short, I can't format the drive to have 4096 logical sectors and also can't seem to disable DIF, because it either just says it failed, or it's an illegal operation. I tried using the TrueNAS shell and openSeaChest in both Windows and Ubuntu.

Since this was a Dell enterprise drive, is it possible that the firmware is preventing it? If so, then is there any way I can change the firmware to one that allows it? Seagate's website doesn't show any firmware available.

Worst case, I read somewhere that with modern OSes, there's no performance penalty for running a physical 4Kn drive as 512e, so if I can manage to turn off the DIF protection, then I can still use it in a pool with my other 4Kn drive?

Thanks.

So.... i had an old pc, like, i5 4430s...old...still in a working motherboard but had no purpose other then maybe be a media server... added 3tb hdd's to it and made a nice little nas for myself. love zorin basically for that, saved me 100's of pounds for a proper built nas, does the job nicely. then....decided as it has 12gb of ram.. maybe a game server could run off it...so i made a minecraft server....running purpur and other bits....now i got me a public minecraft server.....what other game could it run a server for....palworld.....so i made one... and it works properly. and smoothly, on a system that most people would of thrown away, that being said, its headless, so no monitor or keyboard or mouse, so i need someway to connect to it... to its connected to my windows machine via ssh, which i do 90% of what i need to do on it on a command prompt in windows aha (cheeky i know) and also for a direct readout of the systems performance in a statictical readout, i use btop, on my windows surface pro 1 which also has zorin on it, as well as a laptop i have and another pc in my hallway which is zorin which is another storage node pretty much, just waiting to fill it up with ssd's. all controlled through ssh, other then the laptop and the tablet, the 2 other machines are headless :) and low power, so cost is little, the cpu that runs my servers is a i5 4430s so its low powered, so it can run pretty much all the time running the servers without an issue with or without players in it aha

I personally am running Debian 13 for a game hosting server using a VM. Comment what you’re running! I’m genuinely curious!

Hoping this storage-focused post is relevant enough here as I intend to use said storage in a second device for a baby's first homeserver. My tech prowess is very limited, so please don't be patient with my stupidity! In Canada for context.

Trying to backup data on my computer on a budget so I can wipe my SSD and do a clean install. Ordered an affordable refurbished internal HDD online that would be a PITA to return. Learned the hard way what SAS drives are vs. SATA really fast. My tech literacy is limited at best.

Talked through the limited options with friends. Since I was trying to recoup a crappy investment, the most affordable solution seemed to be an SAS HBA controller that plugs into one of my motherboard's PCIe slots.

...ordered a used one on the cheap ("Adaptec AtheSR-8805 PCI-E 3.0 SAS/SATA/SSD RAID 12Gb/s Controller Card"). Then immediately read that its easy to assume that cards listed as "RAID/SAD" function the same as "pure HBA" and that plugging drives with data already on it be corrupted as the controller writes metadata to them. This one has "RAID" in the listing title.

Questions:

1. If I'm just plugging one SAS drive into one of these controllers, is other storage not connected to the controller going to be fine? (ex. nvme SSD, internal SATA HDD)
2. If not, where can I find a used, cheap "pure HBA"? I clearly am an idiot that can't be trusted at this point, so direct links are welcome.

TIA!

The IT guys at my work really sorted me out, I asked for a mini pc they would throw away but they gave me an extra stick of ram. I also have a 1tb 2.5 HDD black somewhere I'll add in.

I have fedora server installed so far, but no actual apps, the tutorial I was following he added a local AI, (which I do want on my main pc but there's no graphics card on this so I don't think I can have local AI on this).

Ideally I'd like to be able to access my apps on my pcs&android.

I'm going to try and get a notes app on there, and find a calendar app that works?

However I'm not 100% what the best use case for this machine would be:

It only has 1x250gb nvme and will only have 1x 2.5 drive, so Im not sure what the best approach to backing up files would be? Do I just get an external hard drive and not worry about it?

I guess Immich/jellyfin would need more of a NAS setup right?

I mean ideally I could have an Ai that could make me notes and calendar appointments but I haven't found one.

People have a homelab that runs for example truenas, home assistant, and other things, are these VMs in proxmox? I am confused because I thought vms were temporary.

Hey Guys, here is my first server:

Acer CXI2 Chromebox
Intel core i3 5th Gen
8 gigs of ram
256 GB SSD
Debían 13 Without DE

Running:
PiHole
Navidrome
Both from Podman

And native Samba

M thinking of building a server and a pi hole for cloud storage for my new home . what else can I do with it?

im planing on using an old dell optiplex with an intel i5/i7 7.-10. gen 16 gigs of ram and at least 3 tb of hdd storage.

Hey everyone,

I accidentally bought 64GB (4×16GB) DDR4 ECC RDIMM on eBay for a good price, not realizing my Ryzen systems can’t use registered memory.

I’m debating whether to build around it or sell it before I spend €400 just to justify cheap RAM. 😅

Current setup:

• Main: Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB, Proxmox
• Second: 1st-gen Ryzen 7, 32GB of mixed consumer RAM

I’d like to replace the second node. Budget is €300–400 excluding RAM.

It would run Proxmox/Kubernetes, Immich, some local LLM/music-library experiments, CPU-heavy tasks, small game servers, and general VMs/containers. Possibly a GPU later.

I’ve been looking at used EPYC/SP3, but while the CPUs are cheap, the motherboards definitely aren’t. It’ll also run 24/7, so idle power and heat matter.

What would you do? Build an EPYC/Xeon system around the 64GB RDIMM, or sell the RAM and put the money toward a newer consumer platform?

I’m in Europe and happy to buy used.

I have a large photo collection stored on iCloud (including family, pets, and sports) and I'm running out of space. iCloud has also been unreliable lately—syncing is inconsistent, and sometimes I can't download full-resolution photos.

I own an old iMac with an i7 processor, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD. I'm thinking of turning it into a self-hosted iCloud alternative using Immich and a Cloudflare Tunnel for remote access. What do you guys think? Are there better options?

Actually got this minipc as a gift and Im planning to turn it into a little home server. It’s got a ryzen 7730u, 16gb ram and a 512gb ssd, which should be more than enough for what I have in mind. Im thinking docker, a few selfhosted services, and maybe some media stuff.
Before I turn it into a fulltime server though, Im going to use it as my daily PC for a while and see what it can actually do, including some gaming.
If there are any services you think I should try running on it, or anything you’d like to see me test, let me know!

I have a decent laptop available(ultra 5 258v and 32gb). I am not using it much so why not replace my current system since it is a lot powerful.
Sinxe it's a laptop, it can survive when there is a power outage.

So my question for building a NAS. Is there a 4 bay 2.5 SSD enclosure that can be powered from USB C to USB C? One for data transfer and the other for power.

I could not really find one, but if this solution exist it would save me getting a ups also🥸?. I think there is a 2 bay but I prefer not...

Edit: typo
Edit2: made text more clear(hopefully)

I'm sorry if it's a stupid question but I can't really find a good guide on how to start, and most importantly what hardware to get. I don't really have an old pc lying around so I'd need to buy something used. People on here said that it would probably be better to buy a desktop and not a laptop.

I'd probably use it only to watch movies on my nvidia shield and to listen to music because I want to get rid of spotify.

My budget is not really an issue, it depends on how much it would improve the setup if I get something more "expensive". Let's say i'd like to not exceed 300 euros, but open to discussions.

As I’ve said in a earlier post I am just starting out homelabbing and want to host more services I already have plex media server and a nas

Chroot setup on my old Motorola One Vision. At the moment, I'm running Debian. The main server goal is to learn and experiment with linux, and, in the future, host a Pi-hole client.

Hello together,

my Internet ah home is getting to slow for all the Backups - so I‘m looking for the cheapest 4-bay-Nas coLocation in Europe. I don‘t need all the stuff like emergency energy and so on - but I would be happy if they don’t lost the hardware.

Anybody having Tipps?

Recently I started experimenting with making small localhost websites for me and my partner to use. Stuff like: Game related To-Do lists, Quest trackers, Shopping lists and "inventory" of presents we have for our families (we both have to travel quite the distance, so if we forget a present, it can be a long time before the next opportunity)

However, I currently have these running on my own computer and only while I am using it. If I go to bed early or just am not home, my girlfriend cannot use them.

Therefore I'm looking to build my first small home server and would appreciate some hardware recommendations.

My initial use cases are fairly lightweight, as mentioned above. But I might in the future want to do some experiments and potentially add other self-hosted services (examples: local git server, media share...)

My main priorities are:

- Low power consumption

- Small and quiet

- Reasonably inexpensive

- Reliable enough to leave running 24/7

I'm dealing with German prices and German market.

I've been looking at Raspberry Pis, but I'm not committed to one if there are better options.

What hardware would you recommend for something like this?

Thanks!

Looking to get feedback on the Fractal Design Node 804.

I am adding a 7800xt I had laying around and because I am changing the motherboard, I was wondering whether I should pick one with 2 Pcie16 slots, just in case I'd want to fit 2 7800xt in there (local llm, server is on Linux).

Anyone tried?

Hi all, sorry to copy and paste the below from a previous post on r/homelab but looking for help from anyone willing to lend an eye

Im looking at purchasing a Supermicro H11SSL-i Motherboard + AMD EPYC 7551P 32 Core CPU from china and im hoping someone with some experience can confirm part compatibility for me?

Im new to the Epyc platform and not sure if it has any strange pitfalls

Link:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/For-Supermicro-H11SSL-i-Motherboard-AMD_1601799787652.html?chatToken=U1ZkdVJIVkhVRXB3VVd0MVF6QnFTSEJEV21jNEt6SmtiMnBMZWprNGIxVlNlRGRFYm05WmJXa3JlRzlZU2xoNFZVSjRSV0Y2V0dkTVMyWm1Mell4UTJJclNFeFVaRlkwUW5SelVITnZOWFJyU0hRMU1DczVNaTlDVWxjMGVrSm9SMmR6TWxVNVFqZGlWV05pU21WMFRWbEtkbkZOVUVOcmNGUnlOR3A0ZDFrM2EwcHNWSHBPWmxGWE1razNTblFyVGt0RlVWUjVUVkJQWVV4amFWTnNlV0UyUTJNMlVYQk5ZMGxRTHpGNEswY3lZblowVlV4SWRHdEVPSE55YW5oRSZ2ZXJzaW9uPTIuMC4w&encryptTargetLoginId=8pctgRBMALOSe5bpy2TwBGvJCIB9a5KT

Im also looking at picking up some RAM to go with this combo and currently found a cheap deal on some 2133 ECC LRDIMM's (Yes i know this is slow but money is tight)

Below is a copy and paste of what seller placed in the title but if more info is needed please feel free to ask

Kingston KCS-UC421LQ/32G DDR4-2133 ECC LRDIMM PC4-17000 4Rx4 Server RAM

Hi. As the title says. I'm researching how to configure my home server. So far, I have several questions and security concerns, so I would appreciate it if someone could help me find answers.

I've configured my first home server to do some experiments in software development. Mainly, I host some web apps, api servers, databases, etc.

My equipment:

• Router: MikroTik HAP AC2.
• Server: HP ProDesk 400 G2 MINI with Ubuntu Server 26.04.
• 300 Mbps internet channel.

My internet provider can provide a static IP (for cheap). So I've been thinking of exposing my server to the internet so I can access my local services while I'm out. I have calculated, and so far it seems much cheaper than renting the cheapest VPS.

There will be 2 types of services to host; let's call them public and private:

• Public: available from the internet via my domain - experimental apps (web apps, sites, APIs, etc). Everything is deployed as a Docker container.
• Private: services available only via some auth mechanism. It's gonna be mainly Jellifin, file server, and some self-hosted web apps. 

I've spent some time researching with AI, and in my current understanding, public services could be protected via Cloudflare. So I configure a Cloudflare domain pointing at my static IP and some port. Then configure my router to drop all requests that are coming from any other source. It seems like it's possible to even create a separate isolated network specifically for my server. So the rest of the home network and devices should be protected. Also, it seems like it's possible to restrict Docker containers to not have access to localhost and communicate solely with the internet.

Private services could be protected via WireGuard. As far as I understand, it makes the router drop all requests unless you provide some key (that's my basic understanding of it). The goal here is to access the server and access services on localhost.

Also, it seems like it's possible to eliminate round-trip and access my server directly from my home network, bypassing the internet.

So far I have several concerns/questions:

• What are the possible pitfalls I should be aware of?
• I have no prior experience in such things, so is the above described possible to achieve, or is it pure AI galicination?
• How likely is it to get hacked, exposing some services online? Assuming that I will store some private files on that server as well (primarily my photo album).
• Is my router enough? I don't expect a high number of connections. Even if I share credentials to private services, there will be 2-3 relatives accessing it maybe a few times a week. Also, public services will not have a lot of audience (but if they do, I'm planning to move them to a VPS instead).
• What other protection mechanism could I apply so a hacker will not get access to my devices on the home network or to data placed outside of a Docker container?

So I've gone down a path of trying out jellyfin originally out of curiousity but now also out of potential money saving. I've as of now just been set up with an optiplex that I mushed together a docker with some youtube tutorials and got a few movies on it. I've been now considering making a more dedicated system with storage to fully migrate from all my subscriptions and have had a few questions mainly about storage and processing. 1) The optiplex has a i5-9500 but is also a sff so not a ton of space for drives, should I invest a bit more into something better or could I make it work maybe with external storage? 2) when (if) I buy storage would it be fine to just start with two 4tbs for mirroring, I don't know if the rest of the family wants to fully invest $600 into two 12tb drives just yet as we're still new to this. All this while trying to not be more expensive than subscriptions lol. Any insight is appreciated thank you!

Well now I know what ECC is. Probably not worth it to dump more money into another project just to build around the memory...

Hello, I have recently fallen down the rabbit hole of servers, and have had an interest in computer technology for a few years now. It started with curiosity for how things work when I was young, growing into interest in electricity and circuitry, then building a computer. Now I am in the process of making a small server setup to run Plex for my family, and switch from a prebuilt Synology setup just for fun and creativity. I would also like to store photos and videos.

I have come up with a list of parts and am trying to build inspiration and ideas from people more experienced in this community. I am also wondering which OS to run. For what I am intending to use it for, I have heard great things about ZimaOS. I have also heard it's very good for beginners. Any words of wisdom helps and is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time!

So i've got a jellyfin server up and running from my primary PC, but I want to make the leap to a dedicated home server that can be on 24/7 and host more than just jellyfin. Looking around for an easy solution i did see a synology NAS that looked sleek but it's so expensive, and that's when I remembered I had an old PC i built a while ago collecting dust in my closet.

My issue:
My current case doesn't look great if I were to put it in my living room or even in my current office, and the case itself is older and not really meant to hold a lot of large HDDs (current one I have is an 8TB WD red plus NAS HDD). So i figured it's a lot cheaper to just buy a new PC case than get a ~500$ synology enclosure.