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thegpfury, 1 year ago to selfhost in If you are setting up a new server, what would you do different?

Note: I use hyperV, so my views here may not be applicable for all.

But, get a server-grade motherboard from the start. Supermicro is cheap used.

Having IPMI / out of band management is incredibly helpful to troubleshoot issues.

Stability seems to be a lot better.

Drivers are more reliable on WinServer.

thegpfury, 1 year ago to technology in “Clearly predatory”: Western Digital sparks panic, anger for age-shaming HDDs

Wow. My homeserver drives generally last me 5-8 years before I replace them. Can't imagine getting nag dialogs after 3...

With mirrored storage spaces / raid10, who really cares if a single drive dies?

thegpfury, 1 year ago to cordcutters in Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin

I hate Plex. It's gotten too bloated.

I run Emby primarily, but not externally accessible [vpn]. It works really well for me, haven't had any issues.

I use Jellyfin to put some stuff for the toddlers. It works on Amazon Fire Kids, while Emby doesn't. It works ok, but it's definitely less polished than Emby, and I feel like it's not as stable. Could just be me though.

thegpfury, 1 year ago to infosec in Things that can make it easier for the newly minted Reddit expats to 'get' the new interface

My biggest hurdle was actually trying to figure out how to subscribe from other instances.

[search for the name@site and then you can find it.

thegpfury, 1 year ago to gaming in Notes from the Starfield showcase.

Well shoot. Im sure it'll be a glitchy mess, but dang thats gonna be fun.

As a No Mans Sky preorder and day 1 player [to this day], it can't be that bad.

Now I just want more info on that watch