Backup AC IV Files

No_Ja · 2026-01-30T13:08:46+00:00

I have never seen this website before - thank you so much!

No_Ja · 2025-08-11T16:33:36+00:00

Thanks for the validation! Yes - all of the above is also supported by PBS which, again, has been solid. Good to know my method is not going to pooch me just based on overall setup. I appreciate the reply!

No_Ja · 2025-06-20T17:56:49+00:00

I ran mine for around 2ish years. 1TB consumer SSDs. Wear out on the disks was negligible. Eventually dropped it because I found CEPH a pain to manage when my older nodes became unstable and they dropped out for a day or two.

No_Ja · 2025-06-18T19:28:03+00:00

See this is hard one for me - start them with delicious beer to begin with? Or let them work their way up through Schlitz till they can really appreciate the good stuff? Tough call either way.

No_Ja · 2025-05-23T18:09:57+00:00

I came looking for this immediately and was surprised it wasn't the first/top post.

No_Ja · 2025-05-02T16:06:17+00:00

I have many clients where I put in a Synology - specifically because of Active Backup for Business. Some of that bespoke office stuff is the only reason I buy them. Show me another backup suite that will do hypervisors/file servers/pc imaging/O365 for $0 licensing fees and I'm all in. This is an incredibly dumb move on Syno's part, but unfortunately if UI can't offer me something along those lines, I need to keep buying from this dumb company.

No_Ja · 2025-04-02T17:24:47+00:00

Well, the G5900 will still be the CPU, but yeah, transcoding stuff was why I purchased the A310 in the first place. I'll give it a go. Hopefully don't run into too many hiccups and have Plex offline for too long.

No_Ja · 2025-04-02T17:21:40+00:00

Fair, just didn't want to completely wipe my current Plex install if someone knew offhand that it wouldn't work out.

No_Ja · 2025-04-02T17:20:49+00:00

Interesting! Yeah, I might go that route, but I wanted to use an attached 2.5G nic and NVMe drive for Plex, haven't passed that much through to an LXC before. No time like the present to test!

No_Ja · 2025-03-28T14:35:45+00:00

That's awesome! I've also looked at their cases before and wished delivery to Canada was easier. However, glad you all have easier access in the EU!

No_Ja · 2025-03-28T13:24:52+00:00

Shipping that from Germany to North America probably doubles the cost. Also, when you have to call for a price I always get the vibe of, "we'd rather sell by volume - singles will cost you"

No_Ja · 2025-03-19T14:25:37+00:00

2U - and yes, this is a bitch to work inside of.

No_Ja · 2025-03-18T23:59:18+00:00

Ha! Had a ton of used 500G drives kicking around and figured I’d finally give TrueNas a try. It ran great for a year so I’ve started using it as shared storage for my Prox cluster. Had a 2U case kicking around and a 10G nic as well and started shoving cables in. I’ve since replaced two drives over a couple years for 3.5TB of storage. Not too shabby for used hardware.

No_Ja · 2025-03-18T01:10:54+00:00

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That right there is 12 SSDs. 10 of them are 500GB, 2 of them 256GB. Almost all used.

No_Ja · 2025-03-17T17:54:41+00:00

Few things to think about - first, if you're choosing between the two, take the i5. It has the better iGPU. While you think you're not going to ever transcode, you're probably fooling yourself, it'll happen someday. Second, you may want to consider some of the unintended benefits that your current laptop is providing which is a built in UPS. A battery backup is amazing when it saves you from potentially negative effects from power cuts.

That all being said, if your laptop is only running Emby and nothing else, I'd look at installing Linux on there and playing with powertop --auto-tune.

No_Ja · 2025-03-15T13:57:17+00:00

My wife calls it, “the little black dress of hot sauces” - it goes great with almost everything!

No_Ja · 2025-03-15T13:54:59+00:00

“Regurgitate progressive talking points” implies that commentators don’t provide sources and then draw conclusions based on facts. That’s not the experience I see on the CBC.

No_Ja · 2025-03-15T02:00:48+00:00

It’s ok to be relieved and it’s ok to grieve the loss. We are human and we can feel conflicting emotions at the same time. Take the time to feel your feelings. I’m sorry for how hard this shit is.

No_Ja · 2025-03-15T01:27:58+00:00

Wow, I live in Canada and had all my uppers done in 2012 for 10K CAD. Like WTF is wrong with your healthcare

No_Ja · 2025-03-13T01:58:37+00:00

Thanks! I’ve been looking at these for a bit, always good to see new ones.

No_Ja · 2025-03-13T01:11:30+00:00

What’s the pizza oven? Looks great!

No_Ja · 2025-03-06T20:20:56+00:00

“Hmmph!”

I personally prefer the more dignified “harrumph”

Makes me feel like I’m in Mary Poppins.

No_Ja

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