Your First HOME SERVER - What to look for?
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- I wanted to give a high-level approach to getting into the home server space for any of you beginners out there.
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Windows 10 Server - • Home Server Setup - Tu...
Raspbery PI Server - • Raspberry Pi Home Serv...
My EPYC Server - • My EPYC new Home Serve...
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Proxmox - • Upgrading to PROXMOX -...
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0:00 Intro
1:55 What will it do?
2:20 Choosing hardware
8:32 Choosing an OS
12:58 Running Apps/Services
15:45 Comment of the Week
16:53 Conclusion - Наука та технологія
I've learnt that the best starting home server is actually an old laptop. Low power consumption, built in UPS, easily access terminal console.
This is a good idea and also what I tried first.
One thing often overlooked is that if you use a laptop for something which displays stuff on the screen (like proxmox, esxi etc) which always displays things like the IP address on the screen of the server and some other info and from my experience when you close the laptop lid using these programs, they don't turn off the screen so you can end up with LCD burn in. Hence you will either have to find a way to turn off your screen fully or possibly run some commands to make sure that your screen turns off after boot.
I have an old laptop that I would love to do this with, but the screen doesn't work, nor does the HDMI output, even thought I know the hardware is running because the screen will flicker an image at times. I just can't figure out how to push something to it to start fresh.
@Jazz often there is a need to use a shortcut key to enable the other display to be enabled or switched to.
@@Jazz3006maybe a pice WiFi port adapter? To a GPU if you have one? At least to setup ssh then take off the GPU.
@@eug1that's usually a config file for that. Just uncomment two options and change from suspend to ignore. Handlelidswitch and handlelidswitchdocked. I forgot the location but a Google search or AI question will get you sorted. quickly.
"Don't be afraid to try new things and mess up . . "
So true! no one learns anything from stuff that works right the first time! you learn stuff from all the crap you break and need to fix.
As a noob myself, I build this setup last year...
An intel nuc i7 6 core /12 threads with 64GB RAM. An SSD for ESXi (don't want to put OS on USB... SSD costs nothing anymore) and an nvme for storing my VMs. Then I bought a NAS for storing all larger files. I link my VMs on my NUC to my NAS if needed for storage (eg: plex from VM in NUC uses NAS storage for movies etc...)
But the true fun is this: Once you have this setup you can start playing around in a VM! If you mess up, you just wipe that VM and ALLLL the other thing (personal PC, home network setup, NAS files, etc) will remain the same... Just wipe the VM, install new one, mess up again, wipe again, new one until it works!
Perfect timing, getting ready to make my first home server!
I am so sad this doesn’t have much views! Thanks for the video man keep it up! You’re really inspiring me to run up my own web server and get into this world. Appreciate it dude!
please, full film featuring almost everything!
I started off with an old Pentium 4 pc running windows as an introduction to home servers. Used it to store and stream movies and music long before Netflix and Spotify was a popular thing or available in my country. I moved from there to a HP micro server with windows home server until they stopped supporting the home version. I remember sweating at the thought of buying 4 x 2tb drives for it as they were so expensive. Since then, I have gone to Synology. Have the DS3622xs+ with the 2 expansion bays storing 500tb our family data (photos and negatives from the last 40 years scanned and categorised and 10’s of thousand of phone photos and videos each from 5 house hold members with phones, documents (the last 5 years utility bills, payslips from the last 10 years, receipts and warranties, car documents, letters from the last few years, the kids school work etc), our DVD, CD and record collection, etc). The Synology office comes free with it, it’s not brilliant, but it works for the kids without having to shell out for office. It can run docker. The younger ones have their own mine craft server running on it. It can do VMs but I don’t use it for that. It can also run Plex but we use an intel nuc for Plex, the NUC runs a i7-1165 with 64gb ram. Small, quiet, with enough transcoding for more than just our wee family if required. I still use my small HP micro server to run and play with TrueNAS. It’s not powerful, it’s not fast, but it’s fun to tinker…
I’m going to get my hands on a Synology system one of these days haha
@@RaidOwl Love mine… and I would certainly recommend them from an ease of use and reliability point of view, but not necessarily the cost of some of their more powerful servers though… or the fact they want to lock you into their branded hard drives / memory etc. but Im hooked on mine…
well done video, lots of info, love the humor. Ive been bouncing back and forth between TrueNAS Scale and UnRaid for about a month as I collect some parts,... I think this video has me leaning toward TrueNAS Scale for my first home "server" setup. In any case, its just the start,... haha. Thanks for the info and videos!
Love this video. I just came across it after the "duel" with Hardware Haven and decided it would be a really fun challenge to learn about all of this as a computer enthusiast, but technical neophyte. Since I don't need a whole crazy rack or anything, this is a great starting point, especially seeing as how I'm going to go a pretty budget route.
Dude, this was so helpful. I can't wait to get all the chicks, thanks!
I got into home servers when I did my last desktop PC upgrade, what to do with all this 'old' hardware ?
Just a fun hobby when it's raining (I live in the UK), see what I can do before I screw something up and have to start again.
After installing Proxmox and FreeNAS a number of times I learned to make notes for the next time, so it's educational as well.
I found a printer table at fingerhut. For home servers, id recommend that and a good table. You know how businesses usually use racks? Well, with those, you can make a rack for mostly laptops. Just stack one on top of the other until you have your desired setup. Watch the vents though, and theres still room for different shaped machines, like buffalo nass.
Thank you so much
everyone should own a homelab with small servers etc. and we would worry less about our privacy being abused.
it is not everything to own and maintain a home server but at least it is a beginning.
I can foresee but one issue with that, not everyone knows how little privacy they have nowadays, those people wont want or use a homelab, and now there's nobody to keep companies in check because all the people who know about it either dont care or are in the bubble of us computer people with all our self hosted stuff that can be daunting for the average user.
Great video, I could of done with something like this when I decided to start messing about seriously with servers rather than desktops.
I was looking forward to Scale, but I think I may stick with OMV and my docker setup, I don't really mess with VMs, but OMV has a really nice KVM plugin now. I'm still on v5, so looking forward to 6.
For me OMV works better I think, because I just use a JBOD no raid or anything, and Syncthing. But am thinking of getting a newer server either used or self built as I think the newer cpu's will pay for themselves over my I5 6th and I5 4th gen chips, I'll combine the 2 servers into one.
Keep up the basic video's, as there are not enough of them out there, and I still learn or think something different after watching them.
I really liked this video! You're right, that's where I found myself, looking back and forth on forums, stuck in analysis paralysis.
The ONE thing I think would be good to cover with Proxmox is still my sticking point: File systems.
Yeah, no probs, pick Proxmox, load it up annnnd....
first question: What filesystem?
Ok now you got all these drives: What filesystem for those?
That's where I'm getting hung up. Everybody says ZFS is good if you got decent hardware, but I'm worried about burning out my boot SSD because I forgot a setting or something. XD
Thanks again for the awesome videos, I'm finding myself a lot less confused the more I watch. :)
I get wanting to use old kit, I was running a Dell R710 for a few years, I pay my own electricity bills, and when it's running 24\7, that bill can get big! Get a watt meter and check what you are using, it gets expensive! I took out ram from it I was not using, took out pc I cards I was not using, set disks to spin down when not used etc. Don't oversize if you do not need to. Do the math, over a few years buying new may save you money. Hope that helps someone.
Hey, I love your server how to’s, and i have a request. Could you make a guide on turning your old MacBook Pro into a server? What are the possible applications it can be used for etc. Because a lot of us have old MacBooks laying around which will not get much for reselling, so I was wondering if it could be put to use as a server instead. Thanks in advance.
Currently running a Jellyfin server and a seed box for all my “Linux ISO’s” on an old 2012 MacBook Pro. It’s great since it’s battery powered, low power draw, and it’s an all in one container. Definitely will be expanding it soon, but happy to break into homelabing and not having that intimidation anymore
Hey Brett, I really appreciate your humble message in the Intro to those of us like myself who use an old laptop as a home server. I run only Nextcloud on it at the moment and thinking about purchasing a mini PC like the Intel NUC with an external SSD to replace it. Every night, my script encrypts and uploads the Nextcloud directory to a cloud service. Any thoughts on such a mini PC setup? Thanks again!
I have multiple servers... one is a dell r320 with proxmox that runs my main stuff, nginx proxy manager, heimdall, guacamole... then i have a couple of NUCs, one has a kvm over ethernet that acts as a home theater pc on every TV in my house. An old gaming computer that has proxmox as a backup... pfsense on another machine... i kinda fell down the rabbit hole
Nice setup! Yeah the rabbit hole gets us all eventually lol
Goated video. Underated.
Thanks, Mr Perez
My approche to home server is pretty simple, i always use old hardware that is somewhere around.
Like; my doughter(s) bought a new laptop? I confiscate there old laptop and i slam ubuntu server on it (pure server, no graphical desktop).
I Configure it so it will boot and run with the lid closed (will not alway work) and put it in the small room, like the meter cupboard.
Then i decide what it has to do: has it to be a Minecraft Sever, File Server, Web Server etc.
I manage all my servers from Windows PC using SSH (like the free SSH client MobaXTerm), so they can be put away and do not occupy (table) space.
What do you think about using CMR western digital purple drives for a NAS ? I ask this because purple drives are cheaper than red drives
I think the main reason I am going with unraid is the ability to add drives whenever :)
*edit*
I think I am gonna go with my old i5-4690k and Z97 PC Mate with 4 used 4TB red drives for $50 each, I may upgrade to a xeon at some point, but with unraid I think it'll have enough resources to run PLEX and other dockers.
that's pretty much the main reason why i went with unraid. I can upgrade as i need space
TNice tutorials guy's tutorial is more understanding than the others
That 'pouring the milk before the cereal' comment had me belly laughing for a full minute.... especially after I saw the image... 🤣
Anyway, I'm just getting started with this, so, thanks for the 'accessible' introduction.
Looks like UA-cam recommended the right video this time.
I did some more research about my old Dell 8700... It has a Gen 4 I7-4790 and DDR3... NON ECC :(
Will it still cut the mustard?
ME first, now to watch ! HELL YEA bro !! Good video !!
I have a Cisco c220 m4, got it used for pretty cheap. I have home assistant running as well as Philips hue, switchbot, and a synology nas (currently only have a 4tb nas drive in there) the c220 is sitting in the closet because I'm not sure where to start with that...waiting on a vga cable from Mr Bezos. Any suggestions? (Note: personal media server is running on the nas as well as general picture backup for my wife and I)
Thanks u so much God
About cpu age, I would add that the instruction set is going to come and byte you at some point... For instance, I have found out that my geriatric q9650 and much newer celeron N5105 (in a qnap nas) will not run mongodb above 4.4 :-/
Hi bro, so im building a Home server with Machinist X99 and Dual Xeon e5-2680 v4 x ... with roughly 48GB ram, main purpose is to run 20/22 emulators ( virtualization ) ... any advise on PSU and casing ?
What about open media vault as a nas?
my local best buy is 2 hours away with no microcenter in my state :(
Sad face
I have lots of drives with video and audio for creative work. What would you recommend for getting the files organized and centralized?
Probably to go with a dedicated NAS system. Taking a PC and throwing TrueNAS on it would be a good option, Unraid is a bit more friendly as you can mix different sized drives. Or you can go the super easy route and buy a Synology system.
Can you make one for the soft stuido trail
one thing i would say. buy a computer you can backup stuff to. you break it you have a backup. trust me, going through and having to reset everything up is time consuming, better to do something else while you wait for the restore to take affect.
I really miss Windows Home Server! WHS you could just add any size disks, deduplication technology, client backups and loads more. It was so good 😪. I run unraid but would switch back to WHS in a second!
Winbloat 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
Great video! I still have a stupid question to ask: What is the point of having a hypervisor for a home server. Does it do anything except dividing your server into multiple different virtual servers?
And if I’m the only user that is supposed to access the data. Would I still need a hypervisor? Btw. If there are any grammar mistakes, just ignore them. English is not my national language😔
Your English is very good! As for your question: You can surely say “The main goal of a hypervisor is to divide your system into different parts.” At a high level that’s correct, but it goes much deeper than that. A hypervisor OS will be much much efficient with your hardware as it doesn’t have to run a desktop environment. Also, a hypervisor OS will have GUI/CLI features built in to make running virtual machines, services, sharing storage, and other ‘home server’ stuff much easier. Like I said in the video, you don’t NEED a hypervisor OS but it makes certain things much easier.
@@RaidOwl Thx dude
Any recommendations on my dell t310 poweredge, I just got it for $50 and i was wanting to have something that all my 3dprinters, cnc, and laser cutter could just pull files from the office to the shop without all them sd cards everywhere
A simple NAS-based OS like TrueNAS or OpenMediaVault will probably do just fine for you. Honestly, you could be fine with any OS as for your idea all you'll need to do is set up a simple Samba shared directory.
The easiest, in my opinion, is to start with an "old" laptop/PC that you still have lying around somewhere at home. That's enough to try something new out.
I myself have 18 containers running on my old Acer laptop with an i5-3230m and 8 gig ram
Do you have a "tel-a-prompt" for your script. I made one live UA-cam video and I fumbled through it like it was my first date...
Best mobo & cpu combo for content creator media storage with budget $500 USD?
DietPi is great for beginners! Also for x86
Would you recoomend doing two servers - I want to run blueiris or similar for a bunch of security cameras that are analogue and IP (the anologue requires some CPU power to encode) PLUS I want a file server locally for big files, with an eye towards one day setting up a google photos replacment for smaller pictures and videos.
I'm a fan of fitting as much as you can on a single machine. I think you can get by with 1 machine with a high core count CPU, but if you're more comfortable with 2 machines then go for it.
@@RaidOwl I'd prefer to do one, but was worried I'd regret it. I'm petty much locked in to windows to run blue iris. I wanted to start with windows, but one day I might want to branch out
Thank you!
I want to do a home server for plex and sort family photo and video and cctv to protect my 2 family member mum a d little brother i do have a pc home made it a i51400 16gb ram and rtx 3060 dont know if i can used this to help to make a server and nas
1:47 💯
Legend has it he never ca back later.
Sa. TNice tutorials quarantine is making question my whole existence.
I heard something about using docker has anyone heard of that
who has been blind their whole life and can finally see. I can't express my gratitude in words but tNice tutorials is the best I can do. THANK YOU SO
How would I go about hooking up me computer to my server?
You would access your sever using SSH via the command line or the GUI via a web browser.
I got lucky, my work was throwing out equipment and i managed to pick up a proliant DL360 gen 9 for free
I just successfully cracked my soft soft and its ti to make so sNice tutorialt cus i am broke
I was given an R710 for free. What's my best course of action? I have no server knowledge but installed WS2016 to play around and everytime I boot it up to try to figure something out my brain starts to hurt.
Get you a trial Unraid key and install it. It’s very user friendly.
@@RaidOwl good looking out. I had no clue where to start and after a quick Google search this appears to be perfectly fit for what I'd like to play around with!
This scared me even more...
A current misconception I have: a home server is just another computer with network sharing on some folders activated
I have pro tools 12.5 wNice tutorialch I bought back in 15 and It is really nightmare DAW for my soft creation. I have powerful computer but
In my home server. I just wanted ecc mem. And lots of drives. That's it.
But that comnt is 4 months old
One most important thing IMO is what you say about "big dick" systems, the homelab community, especially in places like Reddit, sadly tends to be super toxic about this making you feel bad whenever you don't have a hundred Terabytes and 2 Xeon or EPYC based systems ... Seriously this is absolute BS, first of all it's super expensive and most people have literally no use for it, second especially in Europe electricity is super expensive so one can't just afford to drop a 1-2kw Idle System ... ngl this is one of the points that drives me away from homelabbing again and again even though I'm well aware of it, whenever there's a problem everyone's like "why do you have such a bad system" whilst my system is literally just targeted at specific usecases (and low idle energy use cos electricity in my area is like .34€ per kWh)
This isn't as beginner friendly as implied
You’re free to join the discord and ask questions
I had an existing windows 10 box and I needed a NAS, so I shoved some drives in it, set up a parity storage space, and I'll add more drives when I need the space. Later on, I'll get 2.5GB networking, and a sata card to give options for 16 more drives. Should I need to move towards a 'proper' server, I'll be getting new hardware and drives for it, so I'll just set that up fresh and move files over the network.