I am proof that you can self host almost anything and still be an idiot.
I do most things through a gui. If I have to use command line I copy and paste like a cheating middle school student. If I can't copy and paste watching me work the command line is like watching a 4 year old learn to read.
BUT YOU CAN DO IT!
I use #truenas on which I self host
My photos #immich
All my backsups truenas
I run my own network using #pfsense
I host my own wireless controller
BTC node
Xmr miner
Nostr relay
Home security
Home video surveillance
I run #grapheneos
I don't use Google for cloud stuff I must have a use #proton
You CAN DO THIS TOO!
I am proof that you can self host almost anything and still be an idiot.
I do most things through a gui. If I have to use command line I copy and paste like a cheating middle school student. If I can't copy and paste watching me work the command line is like watching a 4 year old learn to read.
BUT YOU CAN DO IT!
I use #truenas on which I self host
My photos #immich
All my backsups truenas
I run my own network using #pfsense
I host my own wireless controller
BTC node
Xmr miner
Nostr relay
Home security
Home video surveillance
I run #grapheneos
I don't use Google for cloud stuff I must have a use #proton
You CAN DO THIS TOO!
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How do you offsite backup TrueNas,’? Can you do an offsite replication on a 2nd NAS?
Yes. You can. I'd recommend doing this over a VPN to your remote location. It is actually pretty easy to set up. Tom from Lawrence systems has a video on it. I linked it below. Tom will be your go to. He has a ton of Truenas help videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIj0iHtZvOg
Thank you for this. Tom’s videos are solid— especially for PFsense access point setup.
His pfsense videos are good. Also unifi and truenas. He has a lot of other useful ones but I have those systems so I can speak to those specifically.
Yeah I setup unifi and pfsense mainly thanks to him. I have to research TrueNas more now thanks to you. I was set on Synology but I prefer open source. 🤙
I had a Synology about 5 years ago before truenas. It was fine. The main problem I had with it was the price for the quality of hardware. You could build a FAR better device for MUCH cheaper and load truenas onto it. Yes you have to figure a lot out yourself. And the support you have is forums. But people in the truenas forums are very helpful.
There are a ton of apps already ported over to truenas. Plex and unifi controller to name a few. Also immich for photos. And nextcloud if you're into that.
The one thing I found that Synology does much better is surveillance cameras.
Unifi and pfsense is what I use as well. I found an awesome deal on Amazon for some 2.5 gb poe switches. For like $80. That, a few access unifi access points and a pfsense router and it can do most things an enterprise network can do.
Nice. Mine is setup as well.
I have nextcloud setup already. Yeah, Synology is moving aware from intel chips I think. I appreciate this info. I was set on a couple 1522+ but I am going to pause and research. Separately, I setup a unifi controller on raspi. Now that it’s setup it works well.
One question you might know:
For Vlans should you only can tag one port per vlan for the switch? I have it working but I have vlans pointing to multiple ports and that can likely be improved.
Do you backup phones/laptops with your setup?
You can have multiple ports per vlan. I don't used managed switches so I configure vlans in the unifi controller on the access points. For example I will tag the guest network as a separate vlan. Then I control all the routing with firewall rules on pfsense.
That’s how I have it. Thank you.
I may cave. The building/dyi of the hardware is likely too time consuming vs. Synology.
Do you have an old computer you can use and attach disks to?
Mac Mini (not that old)
Hm. Yea, I mean if you have to buy all new hardware it might not be worth it to you. I bought a used server (10 years old) on ebay and I loaded truenas onto that. But that may not work for you.
Thanks .. I appreciate your input/ideas!