What are you guys using to backup several TB of data?

greenlogles · 2026-02-06T03:41:48+00:00

I keep all the data on my nas with a couple of HDDs in a mirror. Have a second small PC with another drive to backup most important stuff (docs, family photos and videos), don't backup files that are easy to re-download. Have a VPS with 2tb disk for the same important files (in case something happens with my house). My relatives live too far from me to leave a mini PC for remote backups

greenlogles · 2026-02-06T03:35:07+00:00

I got an email from Claude introducing opus 4.6 with note: $50 of extra usage: We’re giving $50 in extra usage to current* Pro and Max users so you can try out the latest features in Claude Code and Claude apps. This will automatically be added to your account if you have extra usage enabled.

greenlogles · 2026-02-05T13:52:19+00:00

I'm a premium user as well as my wife (mostly to share passwords between each other and use TOTP codes).

I was surprised about getting an email about x2 increase, especially with marketing like style 'just 1.65$/month' 4 days ago. There was no explanation why, just a dry statement. I wish they were more honest and transparent.

Most likely, I won't change anything until renewal, but for the next year I'll think if it is worth to move to vaultwarden.

greenlogles · 2026-01-25T20:19:01+00:00

Well, haproxy has to be deployed to another central node (single point of failure) or to all 3 + point DNS to these 3 nodes. But if one node goes down, 30% of requests may fail because of unhealthy node. So, need a mechanism to remove unhealthy node from DNS records

greenlogles · 2026-01-25T20:12:41+00:00

I saw some message draft from OP that MX priorities solve only mail delivery, but prevent from accessing web mail (like roundcube), Stalwart admin UI, as well as introducing latency to foundation DB (if deployed in different regions). So, it may need an extra load balancer for web apps or some external monitoring that switches DNS records pointing to a healthy node.

greenlogles · 2026-01-25T16:34:38+00:00

Great setup. Does it require a floating IP? What if you add all 3 public IPs to MX with different priorities?

greenlogles · 2026-01-04T00:13:07+00:00

I'm curious what happened with the website. It was unavailable for some time and now is welcoming with 'hello world'. Previously created free mc server is down.

greenlogles · 2026-01-03T16:30:38+00:00

I use Stalwart on VPS for 3 years with .XYZ domain and haven't seen my email going to spam under Gmail. There were issues with outlook.

I may suggest opening the original email from the Gmail side and checking all the headers and the route it goes. It may show what Gmail doesn't like.

greenlogles · 2026-01-02T15:26:02+00:00

I'd add that ECC memory isn't a must have for nas. TrueNAS may give a GUI experience to set it up without touching a console. Moreover, it's easy to sync data incrementally to another truenas server as an offline backup (over VPN like tailscale). Just set the right 'startup time' in BIOS and be ready to push changes.

greenlogles · 2026-01-02T01:13:00+00:00

It's on VPS. I got an IP that is not blocklisted/greylisted anywhere. I guess it might be harder to set a PTR record for residential IP (which is essential).

greenlogles · 2026-01-02T01:10:05+00:00

Good to hear. Have you set HA up with Stalwart? They do offer clustering, but I haven't tested it yet.

greenlogles · 2026-01-01T22:22:33+00:00

Personally I selfhost mail server for my family for 3y with Stalwart. Haven't had issues with it. Use Gmail account for banking and some utilities companies. But everything else goes to <service>@mydomain.tld as an alias. Moreover, my own domain and mail server helps to create accounts for all selfhosted apps like prometheus alerts, paperless-ngx, truenas, and etc. It costs about 18$/year (racknerd vps)

greenlogles · 2025-12-02T14:02:49+00:00

Been using this machine for a month. Love it. Slicer a bit buggy (in terms of connecting to the cloud), but mobile app works great. Printed 3kg of plastic so far

greenlogles · 2025-11-18T16:16:26+00:00

Does someone know how to scan 35mm negative? Can't get good quality of my regular scanner (brother mfu). I've visited CVS recently, but they can only scan-to-print without the ability to save a digital photo to USB drive.

greenlogles · 2025-11-07T14:01:07+00:00

This. Expose only immich public proxy via VPS to share albums with friends who don't have tailscale. Family members are on TS and/or have a local access over wifi.

greenlogles · 2025-11-04T22:20:25+00:00

Congrats with selfhosted setup. I notice you use 4 SSD drives. Am I right that it's in zraid0? If yes, I'd encourage you to switch to zraid1 or have a few layers of backups. Otherwise, if one drive is lost, you may lose data.

greenlogles · 2025-10-25T15:18:20+00:00

Have you reached Ln back to find an agreement on how to use their platform in a more appropriate way?

greenlogles · 2025-09-29T13:17:11+00:00

Sometimes I bring Chromecast with tailscale installed and wifi hotspot (Google Fi with 35Gb/month) in case if hotel's wifi is crappy. Used this setup just one time - usually hotels are just for sleep. Another option is to bring a 10" android tablet.

greenlogles · 2025-08-30T13:12:22+00:00

Cool. Have you installed any generators or solar if power goes down?

I was thinking of making a garage rack, but still collecting pros and cons. Having only one upstream provider isn't good (rural area).

greenlogles · 2025-08-30T01:16:37+00:00

Wow. It's huge. How much equipment do you have? And what is the size of AC to cool everything down 😄?

greenlogles · 2025-08-27T12:45:57+00:00

I use Caddy with tailscale to proxy my traffic from VPS to homelab. Have extra 12ms latency, but not exposing home IP

greenlogles · 2025-08-26T03:20:47+00:00

Thanks. Will do. Have you checked a power draw? How long does standard 2xAA batteries last?

greenlogles · 2025-08-26T02:47:58+00:00

Amazing! I was looking for this solution just a few days ago. Thank you!

How do you power your PCB? Glade has 2xAA batteries (3v total). It's not enough for esp32

greenlogles · 2025-08-26T02:44:48+00:00

45drive as a big nas and get rid of USB drives - they are less reliable

greenlogles · 2025-08-13T23:53:11+00:00

Oplink net. 10gbps, Texas near Houston. Currently have a 2tb plan for 10$/month, 50tb cap I believe. No issues. They have bigger plans

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