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  • catloaf@lemm.eetoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldServer for a boat
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    2 days ago

    I would recommend something like a Pi as well, but it looks like you’re going to have to take it down to 5v. Maybe a NUC might be better.

    But if you really want 20 TB, you’ll need to buy two drives at least 10 TB, and you’ll want them to be SSDs for the low power requirement. So that means you’ll need a device with two SATA ports, because I don’t think anyone makes NVMe drives that big. Oh, and be ready to pay a few thousand for each drive. Also you’ll want to keep one drive offline, in an ESD bag in a dry bag. So maybe one will be USB.

    But for real low power, I’d suggest just plain turning it off. Booting doesn’t take that long any more. Or maybe suspend to disk, if you can find a system that supports it.

    But overall, I would suggest reevaluating how important these things are to you. Generally, lots of electronics and nomadism don’t go together. Have you considered books? I’m sure you can find people to swap with when you’re in port.






  • catloaf@lemm.eetoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldNetworking Dilemma
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    6 days ago

    Tell the ISP you’re signing up with that there’s no drop for their service, and have them run a new one to the office. Check your local laws about touching their wire or box on the outside of the house before removing it.

    Also, it’s really easy to patch holes in drywall with a little joint compound and matched paint.

    Otherwise, MoCA and powerline ethernet can work. Modern wifi is pretty good too, though consider walls, etc. between points A and B and which frequency you’ll be using.






  • catloaf@lemm.eetoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldTwo definitions of self hosted
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    10 days ago

    I myself have gotten answers along the lines of, “why aren’t you acting more like a paid IT person?” and it’s a little off-putting.

    We’re all hobbyists (though some of us do it profesionally too). Wanting your service to be reliable is a fair assumption. If you don’t care if Jellyfin goes down while your girlfriend is trying to watch The Bachelor, or if you accidentally delete all your photos with no backups, then just say you accept that risk and nobody should give you a hard time.


  • It’s possible to convert drives to RAID in-place… but strongly discouraged.

    Since OP will have a blank drive, they could play musical chairs by setting up a new RAID on the new empty drive, copy data from one drive, wipe that drive, grow the array, copy data from the third drive, wipe, grow… But that’s going to take a long time, and you’ll have to keep notes about where you are in the process, lest you forget which drive is which over the multiple days this will take.