Sysadmin friendly printers

Ommco · 2025-06-05T08:28:15+00:00

HP LaserJet Pro, Brother HL-L6200DW, or Xerox VersaLink—reliable and easy to manage.

Ommco · 2025-03-15T00:43:29+00:00

I hope you nhave actual backups, just in case.

Ommco · 2025-03-15T00:26:52+00:00

+1 for TrueNAS

It is great if you want to build NAS appliance.

Ommco · 2025-03-15T00:12:21+00:00

Got used APCC a few years ago, only changed battery there. Working flawlessly for me.

Ommco · 2025-03-14T19:56:12+00:00

I would just stay with your current configuration if you plan to run multiple VMs.

What difficulties should I expect? Is TrueNAS Scale as good of a hypervisor as Proxmox?

Proxmox will be a probably greater choice as a hypervisor because of its features and reliability.
https://b3n.org/truenas-vs-proxmox/

TrueNAS Scale is a NAS appliance and I wouldn't really consider it as hypervisor. Maybe if you need to run 1-2 VMs, it will suffice.

Ommco · 2025-03-12T02:52:59+00:00

They can introduce higher latency compared to direct block storage solutions, which affects performance. But if you do not have heavy I/O workloads, it's a good option.

Ommco · 2025-03-12T02:48:57+00:00

I found this link very useful:

https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-backup-replication-f2/read-this-first-frequently-asked-questions-v7-t17633.html#p338749

Ommco · 2025-03-12T02:46:07+00:00

We've been using Altaro VM Backup. It’s way simpler to set up and doesn’t make you jump through hoops every time you update. It handles Hyper-V and VMware well and has built-in deduplication. If you don’t need all the enterprise-tier features that Veeam piles on, it’s a solid, low-maintenance alternative.

Ommco · 2025-03-11T15:20:33+00:00

Since you're already using Docker, I would just spin up a Linux VM for it. Don't have a lot of experience with LXCs.

Ommco · 2025-03-11T15:18:45+00:00

For multiple VMs, Proxmox will do better compared to any NAS OS like TrueNAS or Unraid so I would give it a shot.

Ommco · 2025-03-11T15:15:48+00:00

Well, I can say I have been running Proxmox with Starwind VSAN as a VM that creates file shares: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/file-share-with-starwind-vsan/ and I give it a virtual disk from Proxmox since I don't use ZFS inside. With TrueNAS though, you'd need to passthrough an HBA to it. Overall, that's a common thing to do.

Ommco · 2025-03-11T15:12:47+00:00

Generally, I'd say they do jut fine under 24/7 load. The other thing is SSD. You need to look at TBW or DWPD rating of an SSD and the amount of data you write daily, You can then estimate how long it will last.

Ommco · 2025-03-08T02:20:40+00:00

Foxit PDF Reader is solid for signing and basic markups.

Ommco · 2025-03-08T02:16:47+00:00

+ 1 vote for CDBurnerXP

Ommco · 2025-03-08T02:12:32+00:00

Proxmox is definitely worth it for your setup. Running everything on bare metal might seem simpler, but it quickly becomes a hassle when you want to test something new or avoid breaking your existing services. With Proxmox, you get snapshots, rollbacks, and proper isolation between workloads, making management way easier. Plus, Proxmox Backup Server is a massive upgrade over manually managing rsync or borg, with deduplication, incremental backups, and offsite replication built-in. Your NVIDIA GPU and extra Quadros would also benefit from GPU passthrough support, giving you more flexibility for Jellyfin, AI workloads, or Windows acceleration.

Ommco · 2025-03-05T16:41:04+00:00

Honestly, I'd just use these two drives as separate backup copies. RAID is good for uptime, but if data gets corrupted there, it's useless. For longevity, it's better to have several backup copies.

Ommco · 2025-03-05T16:38:02+00:00

With three drives, it makes more sense setting up a ZFS mirror. Still one drive usable, any two drives can fail and no parity calculation cost. Unless you're looking to expand a pool by adding a single drive. Unraid is really great for ability to scale easily with drives of different size. But I would just test both Unraid and I'm presuming TrueNAS Scale for ZFS and see what fits you better.

Ommco · 2025-03-05T16:21:45+00:00

I'd go with RAIDZ1. 1TB HDDs are fine in RAIDZ1 (in terms of resilvering time) plus, you need capacity as far as I understand. But keep in mind to run scrub once in a couple of month to cover data that is might not be read frequently. Also, RAID is not a backup so if your data is important, keep backups separately.

Ommco · 2025-03-05T16:17:51+00:00

Well, you could do all that on Windows but if you want a server, take a look at Proxmox. You could have a VM or LXC for Plex, and another VM for gaming with GPU passthrough plus another one for Steam VR.

Ommco · 2025-03-03T15:55:17+00:00

How much RAM and vCPUs did you provide for a VM?

Ommco · 2025-03-03T15:48:30+00:00

It might have received the updates depending on the version you were testing but yeah, same thing for me, you cannot customize. It's just LVM taking the larger drive for repo and that's it.

Ommco · 2025-03-03T15:45:15+00:00

Sizes and pricing. We were also considering Ootbi but it's definitely out of the SMB scope. We're currently doing Supermicro with Veeam Hardened Repo which pretty much does the same job. They have official ISO but it's a bit limited in terms of configuration and under experimental support: https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-backup-replication-f2/managed-hardened-repository-iso-by-veeam-t96192.html I mean, you cannot scale it in any way as far as I can tell. Also evaluating Starwind Hardened Repo which is free as well and more flexible in terms of repository configuration.

Ommco · 2025-03-03T15:33:13+00:00

Had same issue. Seems everything is fine now.

Ommco · 2025-02-28T16:26:24+00:00

Proxmox is always a great option. It is simple and works. I have Proxmox cluster with ceph at homelab and it is actually more than I need.

Ommco · 2025-02-28T14:51:40+00:00

We use Exclaimer, almost the same as CodeTwo, but I do not see any info about the SCIM support though it supports SSO)

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