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An Intel NUC style computer with openmediavault, or other easy to use open source NAS solution is what I would use in that case. If you don't care about the sm

An Intel NUC style computer with openmediavault, or other easy to use open source NAS solution is what I would use in that case. If you don't care about the small size of a NUC, an old office PC with a couple hard drives should do well.

fulafel 5y ago
Sadly keeping a general purpouse server OS consistently secure and patched up is not realistic for "middle aged people not great with tech". I wonder if there are good affordable ways to outsource this...
- reducesuffering 5y ago
  Agreed. GP reads like the famous Dropbox comment. That just isn't realistic for people that aren't very tech literate.
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- ClumsyPilot 5y ago
  If only the OS was simple to use and updated itself... I have a gigabit connection and am disgrunted that I can't self-host most services I need without turning it into a 2nd job
- eric__cartman 5y ago
  I run Debian on a small file server in my parent's house. Granted I had to set it up for them, but after configuring unattended upgrades, I only needed to work on it to upgrade from Debian 8 to 10 because it was getting close to being EOL. I keep SSH open to the internet in case I need to troubleshoot something. Their computers automatically run weekly incremental backups and it's transparent to them. It's not the best solution, but it works reasonably well with little maintenance on my part. On Windows you can set a smb drive to mount automatically at boot and it'll behave like a normal drive. So it was easy to explain to them that you can access that folder from both machines simultaneously. I agree that this is not a good solution for someone that has to set it up themselves. In that case I'd recommend something like a Synology unit.
GekkePrutser 5y ago
I'm surprised people recommend OMV. It's very "Web 1.0" with its user interface IMO. I use it myself heavily but that's because you can install it on top of regular debian. So you get a NAS that you can customize to the wazoo. Which I do, it runs a lot of custom scripts. I basically use OMV only as an easy GUI for adding shares, changing out drives etc. I could do it all by hand and perhaps next time I will. However I wouldn't choose to run it if I didn't have that requirement. There's much more modern options out there. What made you choose it yourself?

fulafel 5y ago

Sadly keeping a general purpouse server OS consistently secure and patched up is not realistic for "middle aged people not great with tech". I wonder if there are good affordable ways to outsource this...

reducesuffering 5y ago
Agreed. GP reads like the famous Dropbox comment. That just isn't realistic for people that aren't very tech literate.
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ClumsyPilot 5y ago
If only the OS was simple to use and updated itself... I have a gigabit connection and am disgrunted that I can't self-host most services I need without turning it into a 2nd job
eric__cartman 5y ago
I run Debian on a small file server in my parent's house. Granted I had to set it up for them, but after configuring unattended upgrades, I only needed to work on it to upgrade from Debian 8 to 10 because it was getting close to being EOL. I keep SSH open to the internet in case I need to troubleshoot something. Their computers automatically run weekly incremental backups and it's transparent to them. It's not the best solution, but it works reasonably well with little maintenance on my part. On Windows you can set a smb drive to mount automatically at boot and it'll behave like a normal drive. So it was easy to explain to them that you can access that folder from both machines simultaneously. I agree that this is not a good solution for someone that has to set it up themselves. In that case I'd recommend something like a Synology unit.

GekkePrutser 5y ago

I'm surprised people recommend OMV. It's very "Web 1.0" with its user interface IMO. I use it myself heavily but that's because you can install it on top of regular debian. So you get a NAS that you can customize to the wazoo. Which I do, it runs a lot of custom scripts. I basically use OMV only as an easy GUI for adding shares, changing out drives etc. I could do it all by hand and perhaps next time I will. However I wouldn't choose to run it if I didn't have that requirement. There's much more modern options out there. What made you choose it yourself?