Ask HN: Always on low power home server

Re:Ask HN: Always on low power home server by vinay_ys on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:28PM (#26295039)

For a household with 2+ people – each with personal phone and personal laptop plus a bunch of common devices like TVs, streaming speakers etc you would need a bunch of useful local LAN services:

1. Local Backup storage server – always have a local+cloud back – neither one is good enough just by itself.

2. Local streaming service – photos, music, home videos etc.

3. Internet gateway –

a. filtering firewall,

b. privacy enhancing dns server,

c. optionally wireguard based tunneling with custom routing.

d. You can also log and catch suspicious traffic in your network (best way to catch an infected device on your home network).

e. If you have two Internet connections, you can configure them for high-availability and load-balance your outbound traffic.

4. Local software updates caching proxy.

5. Mail server (transport/relay).

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Re:Ask HN: Always on low power home server by 600frogs on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:51PM (#26295253)

I suppose the only thing here that really interests me is the backup server, and even then I've got enough (potentially misplaced) faith in iCloud/Dropbox/Google photos to not spontaneously combust at the same time as I lose/break my devices. Out of interest, what software do you use for the backups? Is it something like Borg/rsync and a cron job, or is there a nice batteries included solution?

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Re:Ask HN: Always on low power home server by vinay_ys on Sunday February 28, 2021 @02:35PM (#26296324)

Freenas works great once it is setup correctly.

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Re:Ask HN: Always on low power home server by brugeman on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:18AM (#26300958)

How about photos etc, can you please share what you're using and why? Thanks!

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