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Self-Hosting

What I Self-Host

This is done as a hobby, to learn, but also because I like tinkering with hardware and software. As a result, the only optimisation I do is maximising my fun while putting this stuff together.

Infrastructure

Currently comprised of 3 distinct locations, in each I have a server. The locations are interconnected by a tailscale network layer.

Location 1 Server:

• Case: Fractal Design Node 304 BlacK
• Storage:
  • 2x Crucial MX500 - 2,5", 1TB Sata SSD
  • 2x Seagate Exos X18 - Sata HDD - 16TB
• Ram: Crucial DDR4 3200MHz 32GB (2x16) (small format)
• Motherboard and CPU:
  • Celeron N5105 ITX
    • 4 Cores, 4 threads
    • Low power consumption
    • 4x 2.5Gbps LAN
    • 6 Sata ports

Location 2 Server:

• Beelink EQ 12
  • N100 cpu
  • 16 GB DDR5
  • 500 GB SSD
  • Extra external storage:
    • 2x 8TB Western Digital HDD

Location 3 Server:

• ZimaCube Pro
  • 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1235U (10-cores 4.4GHz)
  • 16 GB DDR5
  • 256 GB SSD
  • Storage:
    • 2x 16TB Western Digital HDD
    • 5TB Seagate HDD

Services

Server 1:

• Proxmox VE
  • [VM] TrueNAS:
  • [VM] Portainer
    • [Docker] Romm: My retrogame collection.
    • [Docker] Immich: All my photos on my own storage.
    • [Docker] Watchtower: Keeping my containers up to date.
    • [Docker] Mealie (testing): Figuring out if I will actually use it.
    • [Docker] Syncthing: Mostly used for syncing save files between my gaming devices.
    • [Docker] Glances (testing)
    • [Docker] Homebox (testing): Just discovered this as an inventory management.
  • [VM] Home Assistant OS
  • [LXC] Jellyfin
  • [LXC] adGuard
  • [LXC] Traefik
  • [LXC] Uptime Kuma
  • [LXC] Ntfy
  • [LXC] Proxmox Backup Server
  • [LXC] Homepage: Just a simple way to keep all my hosted services accessible from one place.
  • [LXC] Calibre web: Keeping the digital books I own accessible to all family members.
  • [LXC] Archivebox (testing)
  • [LXC] Pulse: Just discovered, amazing way to keep tabs on all the proxmox and docker instances resource consumption.

Server 2

• Proxmox VE
  • [LXC] Scrypted: A great way to manage my security camera footage, works great with Home Assistant.
  • [VM] Home Assistant OS

Server 3

• Proxmox VE
  • [LXC] Scrypted
  • [VM] Home Assistant OS
  • [VM] OpenMedaVault

Backup strategy

1. My macbook backs up daily to my TrueNAS
2. I use TrueNAS to store all files I want to keep for the long term (like photos, documents, ...)
3. I use TrueNAS to rSync all the backups to Server 3 OMV (most of them daily)
4. I use PBS to backup all VMs and LXC containers to Server 3 OMV (daily)

Both TrueNAS and OMV are on top of a ZFS storage pool in a mirrored configuration for redundancy and performance.