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homelab upgrade recommendations (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello I've been playing around with an old laptop as my home server for 1 year and I think that now it's a good time to upgrade to something better since it feels a bit too slow.

I was thinking to buy a synology but I would prefer something custom because I hate that sometimes the manufacturers decide to abandon support or change all their terms of service.

My budget is about 1000$ USD, I'm looking for it to have at least 20TB and the option to later add a graphics card would be nice.

What do you recommend to buy? Also what software do you recomend? Also could it work with an n100 mini PC?

I've been using Ubuntu server, with docker containers for several services, but I mainly use it for Nextcloud

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[–] lorentz@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago

I got a terramaster nas and I'm super happy https://www.terra-master.com/global/f4-5067.html

The main reason to choose it is that it is just a PC in the form factor of a NAS. You can just boot it from a pendrive and install your favourite operating system. I had a Qnap before, and while it was great to start, self hosting wasn't the best experience on their OS.

this is a small form factor, it should be low power consumption (I've never measured to confirm it) and supports both nvme and sata drives. Currently I've an nvme for the OS and two sata for storage. CPU is powerful enough to run home assistant, vpn, pihole, commafeed, and a bunch of other Docker images. I just plan to increase the ram soonish because the stock feels a little constrained.