buedi

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How should I do backups?

I have a server running Debian with 24 TB of storage. I would ideally like to back up all of it, though much of it is torrents, so only the ones with low seeders really need backed up. I know about the 321 rule but it sounds like it would be expensive. What do you do for backups? Also if anyone uses tape drives for backups I am...

buedi,

As mentioned already, Hetzner is a very big Hoster in Germany. I am a customer since nearly 15 years now and in all that time they also rised the prices only once for the package I use (and I think it was only recently in 2023 or so where it went from 4,90€ to 5,39€). Also their Storage Box seems to be not only one of the cheapest out there I have seen, but as far as I remember, you do not have to pay for the traffic if you want to restore your data, like it is with other hosters. Also they had a good service, were responsive if I opened a Ticket in the past and I can not remember if I had ever problems with the service I use (Web Hosting package).

buedi,

That is what I did until recently with my other Box that has an AMD T40E... but then it had to run Nextcloud that I wanted to move from an external hoster to my Home and it was just too slow to be usable. So my Homelab (just a MiniPC) has to run anyway 24/7 for the family and it has all the other Containers as well. To save a bit of power on that one, the Minecraft Server (that even in idle consumes quite some CPU cycles) can be turned on / off by the family via a button in Home Assistant :-)

buedi,

It could have been a cheap entry into the Z* topic, that is why I asked specifically for those 2. I have no real need currently for Z* devices at the moment, but I am curious and might start with a USB dongle in the future... but that one then can go directly into my Homelab anyway. Thanks for the suggestion :-)

buedi,

Hmm... Smart Mirror like Magic Mirror? It's the first time I hear this... looks really interesting! I will look into this. I always wondered where to put a panel you easily see, but is not intrusive to show some information you should know for the upcoming day... Smart Mirrors sounds like they tick all the boxes!

buedi,

That's a good Idea too. If I find nothing else, before it sits here any longer, I will ask around my friends and colleagues and ultimately it will go to a thriftstore. I do not like to throw away stuff that still works, so this is a really good idea. Thank you :-)

buedi,

Haha :-) I was seriously considering hosting my own KBin or Lemmy Instance on my Homelab for a bit, but then I figured it would be just for fun (which is not a bad thing) and will just consume electricity and space for something I use once or twice a day and I use almost exclusively alone. So it won't even contribute to the community. I am not even sure if it would be fast enough, but that sounds like a nice Sunday afternoon project to just prove that it works (or doesn't) for fun :-)

buedi,

I always have the feeling I should know k8s more, although I am sure I do not need it. Can you mix Architectures in k8s Clusters? Like my Homelab (x64) has the Pi-Hole and the Z69 Box (ARM) takes over with a standby Pi-Hole if the homelab goes down? Or do k8s Clusters need to be uniform regarding CPU architecture?

buedi,

Sounds awesome, Thank you very much! I had a mixed start with YAML, but after creating and modifying dozens of docker-compose.yml in the last months I understand why it exists. I would have broken fingers if this was all JSON, but YAML is pretty fluent to type. Let´s say I am glad it is YAML then and not JSON, XML or another one of those where you need special characters that are hard to reach on a non US Keyboard layout :-)

buedi,

Ooooh, I totally misunderstood then. Thank you very much. So everything is allright then :-)

buedi,

I must have klicked it a few seconds before I spotted the guys on the left. But I can not tell for sure if they spawned when I clicked the altar or if they where already there.

buedi,

Thank you! That is what I thought, probably not noticable during normal gameplay. I saw some pixelated textures when creating my character yesterday and I had the impression some textures looked better during the cutscenes which are zoomed in very much, but this is like less than 1% of the game. I think I will just save my bandwidth and ssd space for now.

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Currently trying to talk @ylove into and looking at @mastohost of course

buedi,

@chiefgyk3d Calckey looks pretty rad too! And it has a Docker image / docker-compose file and instructions in the repo.

buedi,

@ylove I posted this from kbin, but found the post I replied to via . I took the opportunity to check if and how quick federation works. It is pretty quick (took only seconds to see my reply on a calckey instance) :-)

buedi,

@chiefgyk3d I do not know how it looks at Mastodon, but comparing kbin and calckey I must admit that I like the cleaner / simpler look of kbin more, although calckey looks more pleasing and modern on the first look. Thinking about it I think I like that on kbin @ mentions are shortened, so it makes posts a bit easier to read for me. But I am sure that is just a matter of taste :-)

buedi,

Brilliant, thank you very much. That makes finding and subscribing to new communities so easy :-)

buedi,

I'm glad to read that! Boost was the Android App that did not melt my ancient tablet and drain its battery within 45 minutes. I am happy to see that it will come with Lemmy support... and 2nd that wish for Kbin support :-)

buedi,

I have the feeling that there exists a song about this...

buedi,

I was more thinking about Berlin - "Take my bread away", but this works too :-)

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