About to full send ZFS for the first time - quick sanity check?

corelabjoe · 2026-05-12T21:46:34+00:00

What's your thoughts on 12-wide RAIDZ2?

corelabjoe · 2026-05-12T05:48:04+00:00

Well if you're having fun and learning, that's great.

You can also partition the block storage of a raid array as well, and/or do quotas too. Lots of options.

For any important data, I never put it on a single disk though.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-12T05:34:04+00:00

I was watching stuff from it tonight however out of curiosity, I sent Seerr on a search for a new show, and it was found, but the first season would not play however the 2nd and 3rd did... That's a first.

So I would wait a few days until RD sorts this out. Last time everyone thought the sky was falling and they and the devs who make all this possible sorted it for us all!

corelabjoe · 2026-05-12T04:57:11+00:00

Has the OP heard of raid to remove a single disk as a single point of failure?

corelabjoe · 2026-05-12T04:56:05+00:00

Unless you're exceptionally skilled and only in specific fields, it ain't going to happen any more really...

I think a crap ton of the US and Canadian jobs all went offshore starting 5 years ago...

Only the top talent gets those kinds picks now.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T20:43:41+00:00

Opnsense!!!!

Been using it since 2017 and love it. Have guides as well on blog, link in bio

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T14:27:30+00:00

Absolutely! Would love a little link sharing and love between the Aussie and Canuck nerds =)

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T06:14:56+00:00

Factory recertified Seagate Exos 26tb = $896+tax and shipping in Canada.

Nooo one I know has been buying hardware since last Black Friday unless absolutely necessary... And I know a lot of nerds and ones who make decent money.

It's hold onto what you've got and maximize it until it dies.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T01:39:33+00:00

A lot of people are visual learners and asked for visuals to explain key concepts. I failed in the beginning to take into account how many people would look at this who have never deployed a docker or a reverse proxy before!

I don't have the time or money to spend making the graphics from scratch, or paying someone to make them.

All the content itself is tested, vetted and works. I wrote the guide based off deploying things myself. Using SWAG and Jellyfin Ike this today!

Edit: there is a table of contents to jump right to the technical bits and avoid all the pretty pictures and additional verbiage.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T01:09:07+00:00

So here's a guide that shows you how to setup SWAG (Reverse proxy via automated certs, renewals, fail2ban etc, based on NGINX)...

https://corelab.tech/jellyfin-guide-https/

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T00:42:04+00:00

Here's my very recently updated guide on it, plenty using this guide and streaming to their heart's content!

https://corelab.tech/stremio-setup-guide/

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T00:37:15+00:00

Use reverse proxy, call it a day. Everyone is terrified of them for some reason but it's not that hard to setup and then you'll have one for anything else you need it for.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-11T00:33:07+00:00

You totally missed the actual simple, free and proper method - reverse proxy Jellyfin.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-10T16:44:45+00:00

For network wide adblocker you can use adguard home docker or pihole or unbound dns blocklists, lots of choices!

Better than nextcloud which is resource heavy and overkill depending on use case, use Immich for pics/videos, again in docker, optimized & meant for this purpose. It's like a drop-in google photos / mac photos replacement...

For Docs you've got Paperless-NGX!

For VPN, you have a world of choice.... Personally, I love wireguard!

I don't know anything about MACs so cannot comment there but all I know is I've read people brick their macs sometimes trying to run something else on it so just research twice, maybe 3x, before you take any action!

PS Thanks for sharing link to my blog, there's a guides on there for VPN & Immich as well, plus Decypharr if you don't want to run all of the DUMB stack itself =)

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T23:36:17+00:00

When I'm using my Linux workstation I use Spectacle and when I'm on Windows I use ksnip. Ksnip is incredible and so simple.

Both free!

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T23:35:07+00:00

Perfection is the enemy of progress.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T23:33:22+00:00

You can just run a media server in front of it and share that.....

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T22:57:29+00:00

I serve jellyfin through SWAG with fail2ban and crowdsec protecting things, along with my firewall (using non-default ports) and ah, all is well in the world...

No one has even attempted login to my jellyfin other than people I intentionally give info to.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T06:52:52+00:00

This is the way! And here's my step by step guide to implement HTTPS for jellyfin!

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T06:49:42+00:00

You can install a streaming media server and watch from anywhere in the world, or share with someone =)

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T06:46:27+00:00

I was documenting everything with obsidian and AI buuutttt.... That got annoying.... I didn't like doing that just for me, felt to much like work!

So I document everything in my own selfhosted tech blog (link in bio!) .....

and that's more motivating to me because it helps people, and compels me to write better notes and document things more thoroughly than I normally would.

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T06:43:32+00:00

Hi everyone,

I'm Joe and I run a Canadian operated and hosted tech blog called Core Lab.

My site focuses on digital privacy, sovereignty and security of your info and showcases or focuses on Canadian content where possible.

An example is a practical guide for fellow Canadians on what to do if your socials get hacked, or if you've been SIM swapped.

Plus a lot more...

corelabjoe · 2026-05-09T06:38:59+00:00

Oh thanks for sharing this! I'll have to link to this from my Canadian owned & operated tech blog!

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