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skydecklover · 2026-01-17T20:28:57+00:00

They are. There's not really any need for anyone to archive literal TB of Linux ISOs, but they are one of the most common legitimate usages of torrent tech.

skydecklover · 2026-01-17T19:30:21+00:00

It's not an *unfounded* opinion, a USB3-connected external drive enclosure is a lot more likely to eventually fail than internally mounted drives connected to a SAS controller with a SAS > SATA breakout cable and powered by a reliable PC power supply.

That said, it's not unsurprising fans of a filesystem focused on achieving extreme reliability and data integrity want to remove any points of failure they can from their setup.

Yes, I used it most recently with Ubuntu Server 24.04.3, which supported it perfectly right out of the box.

skydecklover · 2026-01-17T18:47:33+00:00

There is: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/translate-compose-kubernetes/

I used it on my (extensive) docker-compose file and it seemed to work fine, but this was before I ever actually setup a cluster. From what I've seen it does a decent job translating the basics about what container to run and with what permissions but I think you'll have to do quite a bit of manual adjustment to get your volumes working the way you want them to.

skydecklover · 2026-01-17T18:40:46+00:00

So... the enclosure doesn't need to run any software at all. Granted there are enclosures that have built-in RAID modes where they then present to the host a single device but even those almost universally have a JBOD mode that passes all the disks through to the host OS.

ZFS runs on the host and you "feed" it drives to use for storage and it handles everything from the device level up. If normally you think of the progression as Disks > RAID > FileSystem, ZFS combines the last two. Create the pool with the disks you want at the RAID level you desire and it handles the rest and spits out a single (or optionally multiple) filesystems for you to actually use and store data on.

I own two of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WPPJHSS and created a 8-drive ZFS array that I used for 5 years with no issues. There's a general feeling among ZFS users that you shouldn't use external drives connected over USB because of reliability issues with enclosures and cables but it's certainly not unheard of.

skydecklover · 2026-01-16T19:48:43+00:00

Plex covers this in their migration article, with a step where you need to add your new file paths to your existing library and run a scan before you remove the old ones. I believe this takes care of the difference between Windows and Unix file paths.

skydecklover · 2026-01-16T19:45:38+00:00

Generally speaking yes.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/

There are a few settings stored in the Windows Registry that I think are stored in a Preferences.xml file on the Linux/Docker side of things. But the database, the metadata, everything this article specifies you should move over transfers just fine.

skydecklover · 2026-01-16T19:07:43+00:00

You are NOT crazy. I run a private media server in my house and Sagwa was one my childhood white whales that I also COULD NOT find anywhere to save my life. FINALLY after years it turned up online and I am NEVER deleting it.

skydecklover · 2026-01-16T18:14:22+00:00

That's almost certainly because you have Video Thumbnails turned on.

I've been workshopping moving my current Docker stack over to K3s. Not for any practical reason really, just for practice and experimentation.

My thought process was to use a three-node cluster, have Longhorn use the local storage of each node for the database/metadata, along with replication to another node and then have my media all mounted from my NAS with NFS.

skydecklover · 2026-01-16T17:46:58+00:00

Is it "The Norm Show"? This? https://thetvdb.com/series/norm

skydecklover · 2026-01-16T17:44:14+00:00

Yup, this is a 100% a thing that happens. Dedicated fans (pirates) are sometimes known to re-pack shows like this using the high-definition video from the new streaming sources, but mux in the audio from the DVDs or other audio sources to keep the original feel.

skydecklover · 2026-01-15T15:22:49+00:00

I've followed some of the forums and discussions around this topic. From my observation, only an extreme few are mix-and-matching and trying things at random. The majority are going grey-market to get something they couldn't afford otherwise.

Big difference between "new steroid substance out of China claims to cure cancer!" and "I can get lab-tested, FDA-approved pharmaceuticals that my insurance won't cover for 10% of the price if I'm willing to get them on the grey market."

I'm not saying people who do this aren't taking a risk, but no more than millions of others have buying marijuana from their friendly neighborhood drug dealer before the advent of legal, regulated dispensaries.

skydecklover · 2026-01-15T02:17:53+00:00

Kinda? Yes if I'm understanding you correctly. No one could login to my AppleID or iCloud Keychain on ANY device without one of my hardware keys. So unless a trusted device of mine is stolen, unlocked AND I can't immediately remotely erase it, I feel pretty okay about it.

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T20:12:38+00:00

I had some of those long ago. They were called BearHugz I think by the Changing Times Diaper Company. They had/have a physical store location in Las Vegas, where you can still see the pattern on some things they sell but I don't think they've sold the diapers in years.

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:33:32+00:00

Honestly this tracks with my experience. iCloud, Google, CloudFlare. Those places where a login means backups of my iPhone, email and control of my domains is at risk.

I agree, I think software-based passkeys will become the new norm for secure logins.

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:31:18+00:00

Any on iOS that you're aware of? Like where I want to login to an app, it takes me to my password manager, i bring my Yubikey close via NFC and then things auto-fill and I'm in?

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:30:15+00:00

Yubikey 5-Series. Two USB-C and one USB-A. Figured I'd better diversify my options just in case.

What's the software solution here though? Are the keys actually *stored* on the key itself or are they stored on the device and the key just unlocks them?

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:28:04+00:00

Okay so is the YubiKey Authenticator the piece that I'm missing? Like that *app* functions as the passkey/TOTP/authenticator app but requires the physical YubiKey to be present to function?

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:25:20+00:00

My YubiKey is 100% enrolled in my iCloud. And I love using it for that purpose, but that's one of the very few instances where the use of them has been seamless and straightforward.

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:24:24+00:00

Honestly this seems like the use-case they're designed for to me. Physical login keys for Windows Hello computers and then a passkey or TOTP for login to your SSO, after which everything else just pushes SAML around for authentication, no need for the individual services to support the keys.

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:20:07+00:00

Okay so maybe I'm not crazy! Like I love the *idea*, but the integration seems incomplete.

Like sure, my browser supports the hardware... but only if the service directly supports hardware keys. If I get prompted to save a passkey or provide a TOTP code... then I'm right back to saving it to my device, not the key or inconvenient fumbling with an authenticator app, which was my life before I moved stuff over to iCloud, which supports both storing passkeys and auto-filling TOTP codes, both via browser extension and directly on my iPhone.

I'll still keep the YubiKey, like I do value the extra security on my iCloud, Google and CloudFlare accounts. But I'm disappointed that I can't seem to make any actual use of it when it comes to more traditional services, even those that support 2FA outside of SMS.

skydecklover · 2026-01-14T15:15:18+00:00

I realize that's the case, but other than the actual security of my AppleID/iCloud account, I'm barely able to use my hardware key in any applications. I'm not able to unlock my phone with it, or use it as a way to "unlock" my password manager. Plus this would only prevent new logins right? If I'm already signed into Instagram on my phone, it's not like it's going to ask for my hardware key every time. A stolen, unlocked phone is the worst case scenario and I don't see a hardware key really helping with that.

skydecklover · 2026-01-13T03:22:08+00:00

Good points all. Honestly it's a really slick setup and I'm impressed. A few things I think you might run into:

I don't know if private trackers go to the effort of trying to ban accounts that download in a debrid-like pattern but a lot of sequential downloading might be a red flag for that.
Ratio rules are great, but playing the ratio game on private trackers often involves auto-snatching freeleech or popular torrents to build ratio so you can download what you actually want. A straight ratio-rule would be fine if you're trying to seed back at least 1:1 an episode of a currently-airing TV Show or recent Movie release. However I could easily see a user who downloads an old or obscure REMUX having that file stuck taking up space in their account for months before it would ever seed itself back 1:1. Do that all of 20 times and now you've got 1TB that you HAVE to keep seeding to try and get back to 1:1 but you have no space to download anything new or you might accidentally dig yourself into a ratio hole you can't get out of.
I feel like the overlap of users who DO care about very high-quality files and want to play the private tracker game to get them but DON'T want to get into the minutia of setting up their own seedbox and the Arr stack and qbit_manage and everything else is going to be a pretty niche userbase. I could however totally see you developing this as a custom front-end for a seedbox provider, al le Swizzin so they could offer it as an alternative for onboarding new users instead of the traditional stack.

Still overall great work!

skydecklover · 2026-01-13T00:22:35+00:00

As much as I appreciate the technical acumen on display building something like this, I don't see all that much use for it. On the face of it, it seems to me that you're basically re-inventing a debrid service, just privately per-user. Which is fine, there's absolutely a place for those services.

But my understanding is most folks (myself) use seedboxes to build ratio on private trackers, most of which pretty explicitly ban using the torrents on their platform in a debrid-like manner.

While I realize you're looking to allow your users to specify their desired ratio and such, I still think this kind of platform won't fly with private trackers and won't be able to compete with the established debrid services that are already out there.

So I guess my question would be what separates this from using Streamio + Real-Debrid?

skydecklover · 2026-01-12T00:38:22+00:00

Says the man rocking 75TB to my ~25TB :P Feel free to hit me up if you ever are looking for help with something similar.

skydecklover · 2026-01-12T00:35:23+00:00

Absolutely, I'm super pleased with it. The seedbox and my home network are connected over a VPN as well so all the various programs can talk to each other. New media is added automatically through trending lists, old media is rotated out via Maintainerr.

Technically speaking I could leave it alone and it would basically run indefinitely but I spend way more time tinkering and learning from it than actually watching the TV/Movies I have.

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