#homelab gurus!

[llorenzin@infosec.exchange]

#homelab gurus! I am considering replacing our old #Synology DS1525 with a #TrueNAS, mostly because I want to run #Immich, #Paperlessngx, and #jellyfin on it without having to deal with Syno's out-of-date #Docker implementation.

If you're running TrueNAS, two questions:

1) how hard was it to get automated backups of #Windows and #Linux systems set up? I do appreciate Syno's built-in backup tools.

2) how bad an idea would it be to run these compute loads on the NAS vs a separate compute node? We are *not* heavy users - just the two of us and we're pretty casual about home use, so it feels like loads would be pretty minimal...

Any thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

[bjoern@social.sengotta.net]

@llorenzin dont know if truenas is still a good idea: https://linuxiac.com/truenas-moves-build-system-internal/

[ppulfer@mastodon.ie]

@llorenzin, I've learned to separate compute from storage during my homelab journey. Synology does NAS very well; my NAS runs years without issues.

Instead of replacing, use it just as storage and nothing else. Get a mini pc as your compute server that you can play with without the risk of destroying your data.

[ckure@infosec.exchange]

@llorenzin apologies in advance for a slightly out of scope answer, but perhaps it will help you along the way. I run Paperless NGX on my Syno 923+ and it has no issues. If your TrueNAS compares favorably to a 923+, a small user load should have no issues w NGX.

On the backups side, I run a nightly cron with the built-in Paperless exporter to dump all my files from the db to a file directory to ensure the docs get backed up, because my use case is much more sensitive to data loss than metadata loss.

[codemichael@codemichael.social]

@llorenzin Do you need a NAS or a Hypervisor? If you're comfortable managing ZFS I would recommend going with Proxmox instead of TrueNAS as others have noted. Otherwise maybe look at something like Unraid. TrueNAS seems to be going through transition right now of closing down their open source nature to cater to enterprise more directly.

[erikbussink@vmst.io]

@llorenzin Why not get a small intel/asus NUC and run the distro you want and keep using Synology for storage.

[obspy@fosstodon.org]

@llorenzin rsnapshot on Linux. Just tweak config file to your needs, set up the system service for scheduled runs. Done.

[ckure@infosec.exchange]

@MrsMouse @llorenzin that’s a great call out. I’m using “document_exporter”, but it’s a full dump capable of being restored (with a less than descriptive name) https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/administration/#backup