From: mrcoffeeusenet@protonmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Nixietab wrote:   
      
   > Hi everyone!   
   >   
   > I’m currently self-hosting a variety of services for my friends and   
   > family, everything from Jellyfin and Mumble to file-sharing tools, image   
   > hosts, and link shorteners.   
   >   
   > I've been curious: do those of you in the Usenet community typically   
   > self-   
   > host services for your social circles as well? My long-term goal is to   
   > transition from a private setup to a more public-facing project,   
   > inspired by sites like lain.la   
   >   
   > I'd love to hear about your setups!   
      
   I'm running a full rack (took me 2 years of work to build up to this) of:   
   One Thinkcenter M720q running Proxmox, primarily for Opnsense. I modded   
   the M720q to have a 4 port 2.5 gig NIC. I use this as my router.   
      
   My homebuilt server is running an 8 core Intel I7-7700k @ 4.2 GHz, 48 gigs   
   of ram, and a 2 tb NVME. I have a zpool running raidz2 over 6 disks. Total   
   pool size is 72 terabytes. I keep my media on here, primarily movies,   
   shows, and anime. This is all in Silverstone Technology RM43-324-RS 4U   
   case, which was an upgrade from a much cheaper Rosewill 4u case. Get the   
   hot swap bays, you'll be a lot more sane at the end of the day when you're   
   trying to debug drive issues like I was.   
      
   The server runs Proxmox as well, and within that it runs a number of   
   services, such as Jellyfin, all the *arrs, Bookstack, but also things like   
   Searxng that allow me to decouple from Google search, as well as finance   
   software such as Actual.   
      
   I recently got a TP-Link Omada SG3218XP-M2 that is my primary switch,   
   replacing a cheaper and much less capable Sodola managed switch. It has a   
   10gig port that I route my server though for downlink/uplink. It also has   
   PoE support for when I start installing cameras. I'm probably going to get   
   a separate Unifi NVR to handle storage of camera footage.   
   As an aside, I had to buy a magnetic fan set to replace the stock fans on   
   the TP-Link because they're INSANELY LOUD due to their design. The   
   magnetic ones are much quieter, though I still did move the rack out of   
   the living room to make things quieter for everyone.   
      
   Anyway, its been a journey. I've also spent far, far more money than you'd   
   ever spend on any combination of subscription services for basically your   
   lifetime. Is it still worth it? Hell yes, because I know exactly what goes   
   in that rack, exactly what runs on it (Well, maybe not the TP-Link), and I   
   administer it to my liking. Being able to turn on my TV, go to Jellyfin,   
   and watch anything I want without browsing the myriad of garbage   
   subscription services has been a godsend.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)