>homeserver What for?

/g/ cred

>>59309255
keep backup of pics from vacations/family gatherings, documents from work and other crap, get some movies/series shared on your home network to watch from any tv or computer.
If you have cameras or any home automation you can centralize it there too.

CAPTCHA:
MUCHO Camacho

>>59309299
Why not run that stuff on your desktop?

You basically get cloud storage, except:
- You can turn it on and off whenever you like for power saving or based on need.
- You aren't at the behest of a service because they own your shit, so you don't have to think about subscription fee changes.
- You are in control of your shit and nobody else.
- It costs less in the long term than paying for cloud.
- You can access all your pirated shit without caring about getting cucked at the border by those few countries that sell their asses to the copyright cartel.

>>59309255
>>59309255
>Worry about what others do with their computers.
Nice try CIA

I had one in 2006 to save stuff from Uni but it mostly just for fun until I got bored of it.

>>59309255
mail, mumble, ftp, httpd, irc, vpn

>>59309299
>>59309357
>>59309698
>manchilds running useless services to fill emptiness in their life

find a gf

>>59309800
>useless services
I mean, sure if you don't use any of those things (you do) then they would be useless.

>>59309255
media sharing, back up, dvr, another DVR my wife doesn't know about, and email.

>>59309844
You can hide things from your wife but you can't hide things from the government.

>>59309844
>another DVR my wife doesn't know about
r u a cuck?

>home car repair
It's a hobby.

>>59309889
Also probably a secret smoker, having to out fox your own wife must be exhausting

>>59309255
How else will I run my Plex server?

>>59309889
>>59309919
It's a shower cam dumb asses.

>>59309875
As long as they aren't the intended target and I don't save the video on the off chance a minor hops in it's not against the law. I am merely monitoring the bathroom window. Through the shower.

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Hosting 24/7 admin-less game servers.

Hated admin abuse as a teen so I'm doing my part.

>>59310033
>It's a shower cam dumb asses.
holy fuck, you are pathetic

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>>59310072

>>59310033
>It's a shower cam
Kek

>>59309255
>What for?
coat it with dust and your ignorance.

>>59309255
so can vpn to lan from the internet and get to all my files.

>>59310072
>an ugly pedophile sperglord is calling somebody on /g/ pathetic

>>59309255
coating my spinning rust in some layers of redundancy.

>tfw the zfs scrub and SMART report are all good

>>59310235
>you don't like spying on your wife then you are an ugly pedophile

>>59310033
>wife
>shower cam
either your a pedo watching a kid (unlikely) or your a massive faggot and are talking about your mom

>>59310429
Shower Cam guy here, no the one who called you/anon a pedo.

It's mostly for her sister and nieces. And no, they aren't children.

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>>59310515
creepy as fuck
Fucking loser

>>59310515
>>59310591
when a weeaboo calls you a loser you know something is bad.

>>59310642
anime website

>>59310591
>>59310591
You know for a website full of everything from pedophiles to guys jerking off to cartoons of rabbit people you guys sure are getting rustled over a little voyeurism.

Assuming of course it's not the one fat pedophile sperg making all the comments like watching women all soaped up and bending over naked is somehow an odd thing to enjoy.

>>59310699
Holy fuck. Where did your life go so wrong. We're all laughing at you dude

>>59310730
Probably around the time I fucked your mother, it still burns when I pee. She says it adds to the flavor though.

>>59309312
You totally can. In my case my desktop is a big gaming PC so I don't want to run that 24/7. It's much nicer to have a small, quiet, low power server sitting in a closet.

>>59310743
But I thought you had a wife?

openvpn, unifi controller, nextcloud, freeipa.

emby coming soon

mostly Plex/sonarrr/couchpotato setup. Also leave my telegram not there as well as hoard pics from back when I was 14,attractive and the soul or every company with girls swarming me

God damn it what happened

>>59309800
my gf uses said services more than I do, the other day she kept pestering me as to when I'm going to bump up the storage and spin up one of the proliants so her shit could be encoded faster

>>59310759
And?

mostly learning

a lot of linux admins start off by working on home-based projects and getting their foot in the door as a junior admin

>>59310873
What does Linux admin even stand for

>>59310920
not sure what you're asking

>>59309255

The best thing about a home server is that it opens up so many possibilities for your choice of personal-use hardware. A desktop, a laptop, an iPad, a Nexus 6; all are one before the might of a well-implemented backend.

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>>59310857

>>59310954
Keep smiling bitch, you're next.

>>59309255
>NAS
>IRC bouncer
>Git server
>CI server
>Firewall
>Web server
>Media server
>Music server (different from above)
>Game server
I need to find more uses.

>>59309312
Backups aren't great to keep on desktops, especially if you're a distro hopper, use bleeding edge software or are some sort of autistic ricer.
Anyways, you should already be making offshore backups.

Also, for media, if you have multiple devices, you're gonna need to have both your desktop and for example your TV open at the same time, or you can just have a 24/7 server and the TV open whenever.

>>59309698
I'd do mail but I'm scared I'll mess up and get on a spam list. Also I don't want to get pwned. I've just let Zoho handle my domain.

Anyways, I've wanted to get a Murmur server up since my friends and I have unlimited data on our phones so we can just connect to my server whenever outside. It seems to be the best solution because we've got full control over it and it isn't bloated.

>>59309844
>>59310033
>>59310515
>shower cam
>her sister and nieces
What in god's name

>>59310790
>OpenVPN
How easy is it to setup?

>>59310920
jerking off to 2TB of chinese cartoons

>>59311053
Yeah mail's pretty fucking awful. I would generally recommend against it except that you have to avoid botnet.

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1. Central backup of all client computers (10 max). Does it automatically on daily basis with zero input needed from you once you tell WHS what to backup. * Client pc must be on/or in sleep mode
2. Central storage for all documents/movies/music/porn/etc.
3. Stream movies/music/pics to any device thanks to built in DNLA streaming capability (or install Servioo which is free for formats the built in one don't support)
4. Can access server from any web browser over the net to download/upload files. (the connection is encrypted so no one can spy on you). or you can setup an old school FTP server.
5. Support for GPT drives. So add Macrium Reflect (which supports GPT) and now you can grow your storage to like 16TB and safely backup it up. Can also backup the server's os/client backups in case of hdd failure.
No mater what you do, backups are the key. Add a UPS for max data protection so if power fails your server can shutdown before it loses power.

>>59309255
I use mine as a file backup and self-hosted cloud server with OwnCloud.

>>59309255
Streaming porn to my phone desu

>>59311089
How do you start learning how to use Windows Server?

>>59309830

even if you use them, they're useless. it's just that so are you.

Works great for centralizing all your shit across multiple machines.

Like if you have a desktop and a laptop you can use a cheap server to store your media so you don't have to copy back and forth.

>>59311123
>email is useless
>for people without jobs.

>>59311122
It's based on Server 2008r2/Win 7 so if your used to them WHS 2011 is easy.

>>59311139
it is dumb as fuck to host email out of a residential connection.

even if your isp allows outbound smtp, businesses with any sort of reputation based email gateway will block it

I've got spare laptops. Laptops are generally low wattage, and they come with a built-in UPS. I run a Plex and Calibre server off of one, and I have nginx forwarding traffic to the different endpoints. It works.

>>59311169
Closest experience I had was creating an Active Directory Domain Server with Samba. Know any good books?

>>59311157
Why not setup windows 10 and add all the disks into a storage pool for a single volume?

>>59311157
>tfw thinking about getting a 2 tb hdd for my server maybe 3 tb
> Don't really want to drop 80 bucks on it
> see this fucking pic
Am i just a poorfag?
Why the fuck do you have all that and how can you afford it plus backup storage?

>>59309255
>not having your own homeserver protecting your e-mails, data, etc


I'd buy/make one myself if i wasn't a poor fuck.

>>59311206
Not to hate on you anon but yes, if you can't "drop 80" on a hard drive this probably isn't the hobby for you.

>>59311244
I don't hobby a server, that makes no sense.

I store sit on mine like backups and photos and shit, I only buy what i need. What the fuck do you have that takes up 2 dozen terabytes.
How are you backing it up.

>>59311053
>I need to find more uses.
owncloud
tt-rss
todo / kanban / project management apps
caldav
seedbox

>>59311193
Not a book but you can use
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA32FE7646B8E5A33
for a decent intro, it's doesn't cover everything new with newer OSs but it gets basics.

If you don't have anything to follow along with setup an account with Azure for their free month thing and you can create VMs for free.

>>59311280
Not that anon but I'd need at least 2TB to backup my computer.

>>59309800
that's what SETI@Home is for.

>>59311305
Well I've got like 4 tb now for that reason, he has like 50 tb. You want to try backing up 50 tb of shite?

It's probably all anime too.

>>59311288
>owncloud
I thought people were shilling for Nextcloud or something?

>tt-rss
Good find, although I haven't used feed readers in a long while. Also websites with feeds are assholes now because they want those ad shekels so they force you to go to their site if you want the full story. Kills the purpose of a feed reader.

>project management
Will look out for.

>caldav
I just use Google Calendar

>seedbox
Actually already working on it, figuring out how to deploy rtorrent properly without creating a mess, and then rutorrent.

>>59309255
Your personal cloud. You own the data not some corporation. External HDD's aren't a reliable backup storage medium. Bitrot degrades data into noise.
Look up FreeNAS.

>>59311280
A bunch of videos of my sister and law and her daughters taking showers.

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For my very own Kate Bot

>>59311371
>they force you to go to their site if you want the full story
it's true for news websites and some commercial stuff but blogs usually show full article content in feed, you get media files from podcasts as well which is comfy
there's also a plugin to fetch full page content

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My WHS 2011 Server. Ain't much but it does the job. D: - Client Backups, H: - Sys image/Client backups backups in case the C/D drive dies.
N: - Data,pics,porn,etc, G: - Movies,music
Z: - Backup of entire server's drives to NAS device. also includes system image just in case.

>>59311425
Post pics

>>59311503
This is a blue board anon.

>>59311371
>rtorrent
is your server running linux? Just use transmission
the remote transmission gui is wonderful and takes almost no effort to get it up and running

>>59311441
>blank keys
is /mkg/ leaking?

>>59311511
Imgur exists

>>59311513
FreeBSD, but I know transmission is available since I used it on my last install. It was just a little messy, and most of /g/ shills for rtorrent anyways, so I'm gonna see if it's really worth it.

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>>59311516
It's great for privacy.. especially when you're in crowded areas

>>59309255
Storage of music for the family

>>59311169
>>59311193
>>59311295
Not the same anon but I learned this stuff going to a vocational program for IT/Networking.

>>59311555
lolwut. it's easier to look at the blinking cursor and the word being typed out than it is to look at the keyboard that everyone knows the layout to.

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>>59310033
>shower cam home server for in laws
holyjesus people like this browse 4chan. Thanks for the laugh anon

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>>59311595

>>59310035
Mah Nigga.

>>59311305
>I'd need at least 2TB to backup
You mean you aren't backing it up? You can get a 3TB USB hard drive for $100 these days. Set it up before something happens and you lose everything.

>>59309255
BITROT

>>59311591
Doesn't work for password fields senpai

>>59311534
fair enough.
I thought it was going to be a pain too, but I recently set up a small seedbox and was really surprised at how painless it was

>>59309255
>teamspeak server for friends
>mumble for my FLOSS buds
>game server, such as minecraft, csgo, and rust are what i run
>file server, for streaming movies to the tvs in my house (raspberry pis)
>vpn for phone
>mail server for my private domain
>photo backup for phone
>web server
>seedbox
>VPN into neighbors wifi

That's what I use my home server for. All programs running on one machine. Without my home server, I would be useless.

>>59309255
My home server has several tasks:
- It's my router
- serves dns, ntp, bandwidth graphs
- rtorrent seeding constantly
- irc proxy so i get scrollback when i connect and people don't see me part/join every time i crack my laptop
- file server with personal documents like my resume, code, taxes, homework, photos
- backups of all my computers
- TB's of movies, shows, music
- upnp server so my tv and stereo can access all that media

so is there a hardware barrier to entry on a these kinds of things or can it literally be any old piece of shit machine

cause I have a SUPER fucking old family computer sitting somewhere and if I could do something cool with that it'd be neat but I have no idea if it's too shitty for anything

>>59311791
Any piece of shit half of the thread are skiddies with raspberry pis

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>>59311791
No anon you need NSA tier computer servers if you want to run a server. What? You aren't datamining millions of people? What a fucking scrub.

>>59311791
do it

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I need more space...


I need to get my DL380 up and running...

>>59311928
What's that WebUI? And how did you get that fancy banner?

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>>59311938
nah the base OS is proxmox- a debian based hypervisor

>>59312020
Oh that's nice
Too bad I have shit hardware, so no virtualized anything for me.

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>>59312035
I remember those days, I was so happy when I scrummaged up a gigabit nic to put in my old home server

>>59312058
good lord that's a lot of hard drives

>>59309255
No idea, since I sit at my battle station all day and I'm not a tinfoil.

>>59309800
>casuals filling the void in their lives with thirst
get a clue

>>59309357
This is the reason why I do it, pretty much

>>59311201
>trusting your data integrity to a software raid
:^)

>>59312058
How much space is in that rig?

>>59311177
In my experience this has never been an issue. Some ISPs probably do block stuff but my IP block is the my ISP's, which has to trust email out.

>>59312058
>35 drives

holy fuck

>>59312228
Software raid is a lot more reliable than hardware raid cards. If there's a bug in Linux software raid it gets fixed fast. If there's a bug in your hardware raid card the manufacturer won't help, they already got your money.

Hardware raid used to have speed benefits but that was back when processors were <1GHz and heavy IO caused high CPU.

>>59312347
as long as it isnt btrfs raid

>>59312284
>>59312112
>>59311354
>>59311280
>>59311206
/g/ a computer/technology forum where people think a server with lots of partitions and storage space is some kind of space wizard tech

>>59311089
Original WHS with drive pooling was GOAT tier for home servers. Too bad they discontinued it.

>>59312991
I take it you havent seen the macfag posters yet?
you will

>>59312347
Nice meme bro

>>59313215
I've seen them, I just don't read them.

>not trusting the cloud with all of your computing needs

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>>59312228
>not knowing what zfs and btrfs is
>having your data bitrot

>>59310035
are you this guy?
https://youtu.be/x3-4ue8Kv-w

>>59310852
>my gf uses said services more than I do
>my gf
>my hand
>i use services.

>>59313493
>http://www.4chan.org/rules
>2. You will immediately cease and not continue to access the site if you are under the age of 18.

>>59310035
real mvp
must fucking suck for your internet though

>>59309312
I have it so my mom can backup her pictures without asking me. She has like 10gb of pics at a time and my computers not always on when im not at home. Was supposed to be for my whole family but my dad doesnt use the net and my brother is a nigger.

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>>59309255
For hosting my media, so its accessible anywhere within my wifi range.

Also mail.

>>59309255
email
irc bouncer
scraper / crawler scripts

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>>59311110
>owncloud

Get with the times and use nextcloud.

More features and apps, built in updater, and they're not a profiteering company.

Basically the difference between OpenOffice and Libreoffice.

>>59311371
>nextcloud

I'm using owncloud because of my uni server, but is nextcloud really any better?

>>59314261
Not him, but I've hosted servers from home for almost 7 years, including tf2, minecraft, cs:source, 1.6. ut04, etc.

It started off with a 2004 laptop with 54mbps wifi dongle on a 2 mbps upload, and honestly nobody lagged and everyone had fun. Doesn't take much if you just optimize alot.

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>>59309255
>What for?
Stuff and things.

>>59316270
AD at home??

>>59316309
You can't use smart card authentication without it unless you get some shitty third party software.

Not are if my switch question belongs in sqt or here.
Should I get second hand..
Tplink sg1008d 8port gig switch(2013 model)
Or
Linksys SE2500 5 port gig switch? Relatively new.

I'm leaning on 8port cause reviews. First time home networking.

>>59312020
Any reason you are using whole instance just for dns adblocking/dnscrypt (pihole one)? Why just don't install dnscrypt and your favorite dns server software (unbound, bind, etc) on freebsd/linux instance that you have always on?

>>59313392
Btrfs is a very bad choice for raid. There have been bugs that dropped the whole storage pool.

Zfs is godly though as long as you've got the rescources.

>>59318258
If you want to get some good switches you should have a look at Mikrotik. They've even got some pretty cheap 1U rackmountable ones.

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>>59321027
btrfs works flawlessly with raid 0,1,01,10.
I only use Raid 10 for unmatched speed and redundancy.

Print and scan. Why install drivers for 5 machines if I can put CUPS on a piece of shit I found in a garbage can, send all jobs through there driverless. For scanning, just enable brscand and all the files land in a network accessible samba share. I can get all my school done with just my phone and the server. Teacher assigns problemsheet, dl on phone, send to CUPS, do homework, scan with SANE, submit. EzPz lemon squeezy.

>>59321203
Also MPD, with HTTP icecast attachment.

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>>59309255
Seedbox, backups, and firewall.

>>59309255
Redundant storage of important files, projects, photos
Redundant, easily accessible media library: movies, shows, muh anime
Storing everything on your main rig or non redundant HDDs is begging for data loss. It's all about security

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The storage is just for backups and media.
Besides that I have a ESX cluster with 256GB ram and 36 cores with its datastores on a 2TB RAID-10 SAN.

EXS runs test environments and shit.

>>59309286
ești român sau am eu vedenii?

>>59321103
I still wouldn't trust it. The mere fact that a main feature of btrfs destroyed the pool on raid 5 and 6 shows that it hasn't been tested at all.

Who knows what other bugs still lurk inside btrfs. If I were in your situation and cared about the data on there I'd definately use zfs.

>>59309255

mass storage on redundant drives
automated backups
samba
bittorrent
nextcloud for contacts/calendar/notes
vpn

>>59322391

raid 5 or 6 is known to still be unstable for btrfs. raid 1 is considered stable though. needless to say you still need regular redundant backups.

>>59309255
I keep one handy in case anyone I know wants to download something I have and they cant find a reliable link on the internet/can't torrent because of their ISP faggotry

>>59314261
I live in austin texas and am taking advantage of at&t's gigabit service. A bit more expensive than I like, but my last ISP ghosted my router for having too many connections so I just wanted to switch.

Supposedly my whole block shares the same gigabit cable, but the lowest I've ever seen it go was 400-something mbps up and down. At night its 900mbps up and down.

My only concern was getting booted, but it hasnt happened yet. I'm not sure if it's because at&t does what it can to protect the whole neighborhoods internet, or if people arent as bad as I imagined.

to do whatever you want with it? what do you think people use it for?

>>59309255
ur mom
but I think its not enough disk space for her

>>59309255
>>59309286
Children detected. You don't belong on this board.

>>59310220
this

>>59310515
You know you can get porn off of the internet, right?

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>>59309255
Basically pic but you're not the product.

>>59309299
>keep backup of pics from vacations/family gatherings, documents from work and other crap

Ever heard of a USB stick?
>theres a fire
Your server burned with your photos on it
>theres a burglary
No burglar is lugging off a fucking server, your computer probably, doubt they would go for a USB stashed in a drawer
>I can grab the files from my server anywhere
You can carry your USB anywhere.

I could be missing something though so point it out if I am.

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time for a new os goys