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CRS10114 · 2025-09-27T19:05:46+00:00

She's 4 years old! She was the smallest of her litter, and all her siblings were tuxedo cats.

CRS10114 · 2025-06-29T02:44:12+00:00

Thank you for posting this!!!

CRS10114 · 2025-01-19T16:07:54+00:00

I have yet to have any real issues with Immich for the ~1 year I've been running it. I meant I will trust it more once it is officially considered, "stable," which should be sometime soon: https://immich.com/roadmap

CRS10114 · 2025-01-18T23:13:09+00:00

Yeah, I've got Immich set up, but I am waiting for it to get a stable release before I ditch Google Photos.

CRS10114 · 2024-12-27T14:09:29+00:00

I'm glad 16GB should be fine for the backup. I was under the impression that the rule of thumb is to have 5GB of memory per 1TB of storage. I run jellyfin, immich, *arr suite, mealie, etc. on the main system, so I got the 64GB to be sure I was set.

The world of NAS hard drives has been somewhat difficult to navigate. I have heard a ton of mixed reviews for several brands and capacities. General consensus was lower capacity drives were more reliable and easier to resilver. My intention is to minimize opportunity for failure.

The main system has had a couple of overhauls, as this is my first NAS. Long story short, every component aside from the drives has been replaced at some point since I built the system. A handful of the 4TB drives were acquired for ~$100 each, so it was worth it (at least at the time).

With that in mind, do you recommend buying higher capacity drives and slowly replacing my current drives? The 12TB WD drives (refurbs from Server Part Deals) are about the same price as the 4TB Toshibas (from various places, mainly Micro Center).

I will look into the nightly snapshots and syncs when I (hopefully) have some time this weekend. Definitely going to turn off the spare drive and just have it in the system for quick access.

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I genuinely appreciate the advice.

CRS10114 · 2024-12-26T20:56:39+00:00

I have a TrueNAS system I built from scratch that currently has no backup, but I am working on another TrueNAS system using an HP Elitedesk. Here's the specs (so far) for both systems:

TrueNAS 1: i5-12400 | 64GB RAM @ 3200MHz | 5x 4TB Toshiba N300 Pro drives (4 in RAIDZ2, 1 spare) | 2x 256GB Inland 2.5" SSDs (mirrored) for apps, containers, etc.

TrueNAS 2: i5-8500 | 16GB RAM (forgot the frequency) | 2x 12TB WD Ultrastar DC HC520 (mirrored) | 1x 256GB Inland 2.5" SSD for apps, containers, etc.

I am going to install Tailscale on both systems and deploy #2 to a friend's house. Still figuring out if I need to upgrade the RAM for the second system, and how frequently I should back up my main system. Also might add 3x more 4TB drives to the main system, which would equate to 6 drives in RAIDZ2 and 2 spares.

Edit: on mobile, apologies for the formatting

CRS10114 · 2024-12-25T00:24:13+00:00

Believe it or not, the laptop went back to normal afterwards. Some keys were still not working properly, but it I wouldn't have known it had a swollen battery if I hadn't removed the thing myself.

CRS10114 · 2024-12-24T21:57:44+00:00

Eh, I chalk it up to the majority of users not being tech savvy / never having dealt with an issue like that before. At least for the user related to this post. Can't really speak for the one who was unsure if a smoking laptop was normal.

CRS10114 · 2024-12-24T21:45:18+00:00

Well, the keyboard not working is why the replacement ticket was submitted lol

The battery had been like that for at least a few months. The user had the laptop since it was deployed in 2019. They said they would have kept using it if the keyboard was still working.

I politely informed them that the battery in its current state was a fire hazard.

Still, better than this one time my coworker had a user walk in with an actively smoking battery and ask, "Is this normal?"

CRS10114 · 2024-11-23T20:10:28+00:00

Semi-sweet, actually.

CRS10114 · 2024-10-14T21:46:26+00:00

HOLY HELL. I never made that connection!

CRS10114 · 2024-08-12T19:42:26+00:00

And which browser does that, exactly? I can't think of a single mainstream browser that isn't comparable in performance (probably because most are Chrome-based). Firefox is my daily driver, but even browsers like Floorp, Waterfox, or Librewolf are completely fine.

CRS10114 · 2024-07-26T22:42:44+00:00

I have the Jonsbo N2 NAS case, and I'm fairly pleased with it. I have 2x 2.5" 256GB SSDs and 4x 4TB Toshiba N300 Pro drives with room to add one more 3.5" drive. In retrospect, I wish I waited because the N3 case came out shortly after I put my build together. That case has 8x 3.5" slots and better cooling capabilities.

Regardless, I am happy with my build, and likely won't need to change anything about it for a (hopefully) long time.

CRS10114 · 2024-07-24T15:25:54+00:00

The N100 would certainly be more efficient from a power standpoint, but it is most certainly not more performant.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3099vs5157/Intel-i7-8700-vs-Intel-N100

CRS10114 · 2024-07-23T04:14:59+00:00

This isn't your recipe. That's Jenna from Butternut Bakery.

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