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Can you give more detail about your self-hosted storage solution? I've wanted something like that for awhile.

voltaireodactyl 3y ago
FWIW, if you’re looking to enter that space as simply and reliably as possible, I would pick up a Synology machine in whatever size you need. They have some competition but remain the best mix of stability in hardware/software/price imo.
caconym_ 3y ago
I use a Synology NAS in my house with Syncthing running on it (for Dropbox-like directory sync) and Wireguard running on my router so that when I'm remote I can tunnel in and access all my services that way rather than opening ports individually (also great for mobile device ad blocking via my pi-hole). I'm luckily not behind a CGNAT, so no external proxy is required—just dynamic DNS. It was a fair amount of work to set it all up but it works flawlessly now, and I had fun. :) People who are really hardcore about data sovereignty would probably take issue with my choice of Synology, but you could roll your own if you prefer. Synology seems to have a decent record and reputation, and my experience with it has been pretty good overall. For backup, I'm currently using Synology's proprietary thing to do snapshots to Backblaze, and mirroring all my critical stuff to various other places. I'm planning to set up a Restic backup for more redundancy (and a bit of obscurity), and I would also like to figure out a cold backup scheme for the whole NAS though I haven't thought very hard about that yet.
- aborsy 3y ago
  Why should someone hardcore on data sovereignty take issue with synology? It’s a device in your possession.
  - caconym_ 3y ago
    It's OEM-integrated hardware and (partially) proprietary software. Not something I particularly care about (at least, given their reputation), hence why I spent money on it and trust it with my data. But others might prefer to stay out of Synology's (or whoever's) garden altogether.
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    If it's running software that you have no visibility into or no control of, it doesn't matter if it's a device in your possession or not.
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    yeah but when it's running a lot of proprietary, closed-off code on top of your data -- can you say, for sure, that it's not doing something shady? meanwhile you can build a barebones server for the same or less price as the Synology device + drives, and slap Debian on it. or just put any nix OS on the Synology box, but that defeats half the purpose of having it. and to the parent poster's point, they're generally a reputable company -- I have one of their 4-bay NAS units -- and I'm not especially concerned since its just a media server, but it is* something to think about

FWIW, if you’re looking to enter that space as simply and reliably as possible, I would pick up a Synology machine in whatever size you need. They have some competition but remain the best mix of stability in hardware/software/price imo.

caconym_ 3y ago

I use a Synology NAS in my house with Syncthing running on it (for Dropbox-like directory sync) and Wireguard running on my router so that when I'm remote I can tunnel in and access all my services that way rather than opening ports individually (also great for mobile device ad blocking via my pi-hole). I'm luckily not behind a CGNAT, so no external proxy is required—just dynamic DNS. It was a fair amount of work to set it all up but it works flawlessly now, and I had fun. :) People who are really hardcore about data sovereignty would probably take issue with my choice of Synology, but you could roll your own if you prefer. Synology seems to have a decent record and reputation, and my experience with it has been pretty good overall. For backup, I'm currently using Synology's proprietary thing to do snapshots to Backblaze, and mirroring all my critical stuff to various other places. I'm planning to set up a Restic backup for more redundancy (and a bit of obscurity), and I would also like to figure out a cold backup scheme for the whole NAS though I haven't thought very hard about that yet.

aborsy 3y ago
Why should someone hardcore on data sovereignty take issue with synology? It’s a device in your possession.
- caconym_ 3y ago
  It's OEM-integrated hardware and (partially) proprietary software. Not something I particularly care about (at least, given their reputation), hence why I spent money on it and trust it with my data. But others might prefer to stay out of Synology's (or whoever's) garden altogether.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  If it's running software that you have no visibility into or no control of, it doesn't matter if it's a device in your possession or not.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  yeah but when it's running a lot of proprietary, closed-off code on top of your data -- can you say, for sure, that it's not doing something shady? meanwhile you can build a barebones server for the same or less price as the Synology device + drives, and slap Debian on it. or just put any nix OS on the Synology box, but that defeats half the purpose of having it. and to the parent poster's point, they're generally a reputable company -- I have one of their 4-bay NAS units -- and I'm not especially concerned since its just a media server, but it is* something to think about