MeCJay12

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Looking for a multi bay enclosure that will run smoothly while missing drives. in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] MeCJay12@alien.top 2 points 10 months ago

I'm not aware of an enclosure that has a problem running with open slots. I have a Synology unit that's running with 3/8 empty bays.

NAS vs. refurbished server in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] MeCJay12@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can speak to the Synology RS1221+ as I own two. They are great NASs but they are terrible at compute/transcode.

You missed an important detail which is how much data do you need to store?

Those big servers are nice and powerful if you can stomach the power bill.

My current setup is the two Synology's in an HA pair for storage with a pair of similar spec Hyve servers for compute. If you're looking for an all in one unit, the big server is the way to go.

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Anyone Know of Cheap Cloud Infra (alien.top)
 

Hello! I currently use GreenCloud for some cheap ($15/yr, 1c, 2GB, 25GB) VPSs. They have been great but I have a new idea in my head that they don't currently support. I'm looking for either a VPS or dedicated server provider that can provide the following:

  • 2 different US locations each within ~8hrs of Cleveland (Chicago, Ashburn, NYC)
  • 2 servers/VPSs with at least 4 threads, 8GB of memory, 256GB of storage, 1 Gbps port speed, and 50GB of monthly bandwith
  • $50/mo or less total (can prepaid for multiple months to meet the budget)
  • Support for ESXi 8.0u2

I know that it's a little optimistic but I've seen some offers that were really close which makes me think this might exist (dedicated.com with $25/mo servers just not quite new enough to run ESXi 8.0u2).

For anyone curious of the project, I got my hands on some Palo Alto VM series firewall licenses that I was thinking about running as GlobalProtect gateways. They would have IPsec tunnels back to the lab for internal access but highspeed connections for Internet bound traffic that my house does not have (35Mbps upload, TY Spectrum). The issue is that the licensing is locked to the VM UUID so I want to run ESXi to control the UUID and hopfully keep the licensing from expiring prematurely.

Thanks in advance!

Is it normal to always have to decrypt your fully encrypted external drive through VeraCrypt, just to see it on your computer? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] MeCJay12@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Yes that's normal. Until the computer knows what decryption key to use with that specific disk, the disk is basically gibberish. In a sense that's good because anything you put on there is largely very private but bad because it's a bit of an inconvenience and losing the decryption key means losing the data on the disk. Up to you.