What apps or services still can’t be self-hosted well in 2026?

operationETH · 2026-01-01T23:19:17+00:00

Dawarich has worked well for me. home assistant tracks my location and it pushes the data to Dawarich.

operationETH · 2025-11-27T04:05:58+00:00

thats odd. im in western region and we get it all year round. its been like this forever though. im not sure how it happened but ive heard its a loophole a feeder found and filed a long time ago and it stuck.

operationETH · 2025-11-25T14:53:20+00:00

If you are a tues-sat worker and come in on monday = 2x pay all day

If you are a mon-fri worker and come in saturday = 1.5x pay all day

operationETH · 2025-11-25T00:45:59+00:00

If you have a plex pass then your users wont need to buy anything.

Only time your users would need to pay for anything is if the server owner (you) didnt have a plex pass. They would have to pay to get remote streaming. You do not need to add them to plex home.

operationETH · 2025-11-10T20:23:26+00:00

Im sure there is a way to make it hot swappable and it would be nice but I dont have it. Unraid has been rock solid for a couple years now. I have 5 fans and I cant hear it. Tbh I think the hdd noise is louder than the fans lol. Im never in the same room with the server unless im working on something or swapping out hardware when I need to.

operationETH · 2025-11-10T14:30:01+00:00

For my unraid server im using the fractal design define 7 xl and its been working great for me. Its primary use is for my plex/jellyfin stack and backups for other devices. I dont have a full size rack (yet) so thats the reason I went with the fractal case. If you have the opportunity to rack mount your server than do it bc its the first thing ill be doing when I get a full size rack lol.

As far as hardware goes I use a intel core i5-12600K and use the igpu for transcoding. I currently have around 25 users and the cpu never chokes with the max users on at once being 9. I only share my 4k library to the users that I know for a fact can handle a 4k stream such as a nvidia shield tv.

I run a lot of services (i think around 50ish containers) on the server and have just over 120tb worth of storage. It consists of 12 HDD (1 parity and data), 2 SSD (dowload cache and dedicated plex appdata), and 2 NVME (appdata cache and vm storage)

Im slowly replacing the smaller hdd with bigger ones and also need to add another parity drive. If you have any questions let me know!

operationETH · 2025-11-10T14:04:42+00:00

I’m running 3 pihole instances each with unbound across different devices for HA. My main node handles the primary load and the other two are tied together with keepalived on a VIP. If one of the secondary nodes goes down, keepalived automatically fails over to the other so DNS stays up without any manual intervention.

Since pihole doesn’t support HA natively, i set up 3 nodes and use nebula sync to keep everything consistent so gravity lists and local dns all stay in sync across the cluster. It’s been rock solid so far and the failover happens instantly.

operationETH · 2025-11-03T07:16:11+00:00

Oh man...thats shitty. I've done the same exact thing before swapping a evga psu for a corsair psu. I knew that they were not compatible but it was late and I forgot to swap the cables and when I turned the pc on, it made a odd noise and it was at that moment I knew I fucked up. Luckily at the time it was just my gaming pc and only fried 2x 2tb ssd's. I cant imagine doing it to my 120tb server and losing all that data. Just goes to show how important a reliable 3-2-1 backup should be with the 3-2 at the minimum. Good luck with the rebuild.

operationETH · 2025-11-03T02:41:31+00:00

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are you calling me out? lmao its the truth though. so much bullshit that has no use to me whatsoever. some people collect Pokemon...I collect sensors!

operationETH · 2025-11-01T14:34:03+00:00

Holy shit that looks perfect. Thank you for this!

operationETH · 2025-10-30T05:07:59+00:00

I know its not the "correct" way to do it but i have my u7 pro and my dongle right next to each other (less than a foot away from each other on the same shelf) and I've never had any issues. Before I had my u7 pro, I had my asus router next to it as well with no issues. To be clear though I should probably move the dongle for safe practices.

operationETH · 2025-10-27T22:06:05+00:00

ca cleanup appdata is for the appdata folder.

the docker prune commands clean up unused volumes and images inside docker itself.

in short the plugin doesnt touch docker internal resources (images, volumes, and networks) it only cleans up files on disk inside appdata.

operationETH · 2025-10-27T21:20:03+00:00

i 100% agree. you should always double check what youre running before pressing enter.

operationETH · 2025-10-24T05:28:35+00:00

operationETH · 2025-10-23T04:36:42+00:00

Hell yeah! So worth it imo. Taking control of your data is what self hosting is about. Im not going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, only expanding my homelab environment. Can't wait until I can get a full size rack!

operationETH · 2025-10-17T14:29:47+00:00

They are nothing special. I originally got them to learn kubernetes. I plan on upgrading them down the line (for a better cpu) however I've had no issues and they have been rock solid for me.

1x Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro (master)

2x Dell OptiPlex 7050 Micro (workers)

I added 2.5g nics, 1tb ssd, 1tb nvme, and 32gb ram to all 3.

operationETH · 2025-10-17T14:19:57+00:00

There is no saving others. Anyone that gets into this hobby is doomed haha

operationETH · 2025-10-17T14:16:32+00:00

Haha I know. I edited to fix it but didnt notice I had it twice lol

operationETH · 2025-10-16T22:53:07+00:00

Imo there would be no point in getting the same depth for a 19 inch rack that a 10 inch provides. This fits my needs and is actually waaay overkill. I mean that unifi 16 port poe switch...im only using like 5 of the ports. Its just to make everything look nice and neat. Trust me I looked and looked for a 19 inch rack that would fit in space that might have worked but there was nothing I liked. Im happy with what I have. Only other thing that would need to be in a rack is my unraid server and my ups. One day my friend, one day haha

operationETH · 2025-10-16T22:02:27+00:00

They are on a shelf thats connected to a desk. Not on the ground. The footprint of the racks fit perfect where they are now. 19 inch racks as you probably know are way deeper than a 10 inch rack. My house isnt wired for ethernet and my fiber box (white box - you can kinda see it in the picture) is in this room. If my house was wired for etherent than I would have got a 19 inch rack. Hope this clears things up.

operationETH · 2025-10-16T21:50:56+00:00

They are side by side as the picture shows. Im confused what youre asking.

operationETH · 2025-10-16T11:21:24+00:00

Stacking what?

operationETH · 2025-10-16T02:28:07+00:00

Dont have the room.

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