Unraid for NAS stuff
Proxmox for Smart home crap
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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Used proxmox and truenas ended up on unraid and never looked back.
Ubuntu and WinServer2019 vms split over a proxmox-machine and server2019-hyperv-machine
2 each for replication.
I use Linux Mint, mostly because I'm familiar with it. If I was to redo it, I would likely just run Debian.
Pi OS. It's a Pi4 after all.
It's like a vote, without criteria and done in the wrong medium.
I disagree
Ubuntu Server with docker/docker-compose on top.
So many guides for Ubuntu specifically makes reading up on something a lot easier and it works just fine.
I'm running FreeBSD I actually like it a lot.
I picked it for zfs. A lot of the ways things work seem cleaner and simpler than on Linux and zfs is awesome with the copy on write snapshots and filesystem compression and all that. I like rc.conf and pf is way nicer than iptables and even when you upgrade it automatically makes a snapshot so you can rollback.
Sometimes I do need to patch and compile things because people seem to not know freebsd exists but that's really the only downside.
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Host is Proxmox, with Ubuntu LTS VMs.
Alpine Linux edge
Debian Bookworm
Proxmox VE with Alpine Linux guests
NixOS
Switched from Debian to Ubuntu LTS few years ago.
Any reason why?
I use Raspian on my pi and Ubuntu on my workstation and I maintain a debian server at work.
I love 'em all. Ubuntu Snaps arent my fav. but other than that they've been great
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Windows Server 2016.
Nah just joking, Ubuntu Server 23.10
I'm a Linux sysadmin who had to deploy a few server 2022's at work recently for a special circumstance. Was tasked with making a gold image and couldn't find much to strip from the install out of box. Just print stuff I turned off I think. I have to say I am quite impressed with it half a year in, I never even have to reboot them. They are a breeze to admin. Don't bash it till you try it.
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I wonder how many peeps blocked you before they reached line 3.. :-)
0? Nobody is "team windows" it's just a necessary thing that exists. Talk to windows SMEs, they aren't even brand loyal. I administered Windows servers for years and I am quite indifferent to it.
There's a team apple, team Linux, but no team windows I promise. Unless you are that one person that bashed their head against something in a very special way. Have you ever seen someone apply a windows decal to their car or water bottle for example?
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My DIY NAS runs Arch
- LTS kernel
- BTRFS snapshots on root fs
- 4 drive NVMe array using ZFS raidz1
- podman for my docker containers
It's been working fantastically so far.
I'm currently running something similar, what services are you running and do you use anything in addition to podman to manage your container (cockpit, systemd-units or similar)?
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Ubuntu server w/ zfs on the main.
Have a little atom hp home server at my parents house that uses almost no power, that runs freebsd x86, zerotier one, and kopia. Free cloud backup 😁
Fedora
Arch is the best
Armbian with CasaOS
Debian with CasaOS!
Arch Linux. I am so used to it I just can't live with any other OS
I am super impressed with Arch on my home servers. People seem to think "rolling" means "unstable" but the only issues I've had were due to some weird hardware incompatibility with my motherboard. Once I replaced the mobo my system has been rock solid AND reasonably up-to-date (I do use LTS kernel).
I felt the exact same way. So many comments online told me that running Arch as a home NAS was insane, but after the Jupiter Broadcasting guys did it without much issue, I decided to give it a go and was pleasantly surprised. I think if most of your stuff is running in Docker and you have BTRFS snapshots for your root filesystem, the system's pretty much bullet proof. The rolling updates also mean you'll never have huge upgrade cycles that are a pain in the ass to migrate to. You're always just dealing with small manageable fires instead of large complicated ones and that's a plus.