Solkre

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Hi my 6TB WD RED NAS Drive Failure After 2 years Warranty in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

If the drive isn't working and the data is important, stop powering it on and store it somewhere safe until you decide what to do.

For those of you who build your own NAS, what are you willing to buy used? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

As long as it was new when you did.

For those of you who build your own NAS, what are you willing to buy used? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Since I buy used enterprise drives, I suppose nothing is off the table.

Oh wait! No used thermal paste tubes.

Can someone please explain to me, a casual home user, why it's dangerous to expose my NAS login page to the internet?... in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's bad enough we have to trust VPN server code; but at least that should be the only thing you have to trust public facing.

[non self hosted] : Cheap Services You Still Pay For in c/main@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Bitwarden is 100% worth the $10 a year. And is independant of my selfhosting dickery.

Plex and a VPN are a lot cheaper than streaming services these days.

Hundreds of 4 TB HGST SAS Sun Oracle branded - cannot be used. in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

And I fucking hate locked firmware! Did we just become friends?

When does it stop being homelab and become homeserver? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I have no personal connection to the building, is it a house lab?

How often are you shutting down your hosts? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] Solkre@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

When the power goes out.