Sounds like you are on a good path then, mate.
I agree with the route you are taking. It’s a great blend between price and performance. My only “last advice” would be to overspec the NAS a little, as it would suck having to replace it next year as your needs change.
Have fun with your project and feel free to reach out should you have any questions.
Mind me asking what your budget is?
Don’t get me wrong, but it seems you’re just starting out and to avoid biting over to much, it might be smart to look at at least some turn key solutions. Building a custom NAS with loads of drives is fun, but can get complicated.
I’d say get a pre-built NAS if you can afford to and run everything there. It’s easier and has loads of support available.
If you feel like you want more power, then consider adding a NUC or even full server later on and migrate over.
Forget about network speed. Wired is always fast enough. You’d strugle finding new hardware without Gbit these days anyways.
At least that’s how I started and with a N100 NUC running Proxmox now, I don’t see myself needing to upgrade for a long time. Learning Linux along the way is fun.
Good luck!
Sounds like you are setting up exactly what I have running!
GMKtec G3 (N100 Intel CPU) running in Proxmox with NFS access to my NAS.
It works like a dream, transcoding everything I throw at it with ease.
Just a quick piece of advice: Repaste that sucker the moment you get it. I threw some Noctua paste I had laying around and it worked wonders. The only time the fan kicked on was when I added the libraries and Jellyfin had to sort out 6 TB of media from the NAS. Took maybe 10 minutes before it was done and ready to go.
Let me know if you need some help setting it up. Proxmox and Tailscale (if you want that) had me stuck for a few hours trying to understand TUN.
I’m a little late to the party, but a fairly easy way to combat that fear is to install Tailscale (free) on your server and have them do the same on the AppleTV. It’s supported from version 17 I believe. It uses Wireguard to encrypt so your ISP won’t see squat.
I’m hosting a server for friends and family too and I refuse to open ports for it. It works super well and is fairly easy to setup.
Mostly because I figured you needed more help than a link to some guide, which I assumed you must have already attempted before asking here.
I see where your reply is coming from, but what I did might not be at all relevant to your case, depending on your setup. That’s why there are specific guides for different use-cases.
Best of luck mate.
I have it all via Docker.
Let me know if you need some pointers mate.
Nope I literally still don’t get your point. Feel free to spell it out for dumdums like myself…
No I really don’t. What is the point?
That China is highest in property ownership?
So a capitalistic dictatorship has the best metric in one area makes capitalistic dictatorships good?
Surely that can’t be it, as it’s completely moronic, so what is the point?
Not a single one is communist, so what’s your point?
Yeah I was wondering why Minnesota was suddenly a coastal state (enourmous lakes excluded obviously)
Yeah I ended up returning it and picked up a Profitech Pro 600 and DF64 G2. It’s a different world to be honest
Just took over a house last year with smart detectors connected to a homebase, all Li-Ion. Can see the battery percentage in the app. No more December 1st checks for a long time!
We use these in our products at work and I’ve never heard about them failing before the equipment is replaced anyways. They are soldered.
I won’t quote life expectancy (MTBF) but we have many customers with 15-20 year old PLC’s with the original capacitor.
Yes the are local. I like supporting locally and ethically sourced as much as possible.
I’ve been reading about people modifying them on forums and briefly considered adjusting, but decided against it. I was only «allowed» this machine because of the nice and easy to use UI. The missus doesn’t share my enthusiasm for playing with minutiae details, so I have to stick with pre weighing beans before grinding and fiddling with my own settings. She wants a full hopper and a button called Americano.
Thanks for the advice and you taking the time though mate!
Out of curiosity; what machine did you end up with?
It’s starting to dawn on me that you might be right.
I think I’ll keep trying different beans to test a lot of different coffee before landing on one variety and order that instead.
I’ve gotten a lot of really good advice here today that I’ll use in my future brewing career.
Thanks for taking the time, mate!
Ok I just did a quick weight test and the difference is massive!
The store bought beans are marked 6/7 darkness and gave me close to 60 ml of volume.
The subscription without marking gave me <50 ml for the same weight. That’s allmost a 20 % difference in weight even though they look very similar!
I’ll do another test with an exact number of beans to confirm, but I’ve learned a lot already. Maybe my 1:3,5 ratio wasn’t half bad after all and what to actually expect from such a light roast.
This is cool stuff! Much obliged again!
Appreciate you taking the time!
I’ll do some volume/weight tests and see what the difference is. If it’s lighter than I thought, a higher ratio is what I should be going for anyways.
Cheers mate!
These are quite dark. Other than that, I know very little about them.
I’d go crazy and say similar roast to the supermarket beans I get great results with at 14 grind, if that is of any use?
Cheers!
Thanks for the feedback.
Sadly the tamping is integrated in this machine so I have no say in it really. No way to disable it and do manual only, so only more would be possible after the machine is done.
My shot time now is 28 seconds static, just to have a baseline and adjust grind to match weight afterwards. All are medium to dark roasts. This is following James Hoffman’s review of the machine.
Apart from the channel, the coffee tasted good. I am mostly concerned with constantly fidling with the grind to achieve a consistent result.
What would you have tried in my case?
Decrease shot time with coarser grind and ignore the lack of crema?
Cheers!
If you’re going to run the NAS as the media server, you need to go with Intel to get quicksync. This because any file not compatible with your clients will require transcoding and you want that done with hardware, not software. It’s a lot faster. I’m using Synology as the referance point. No idea what the Qnap lineup looks like.
If the NAS is only the file host, then I’d say get at least 4 bays so you have some room to grow and that the CPU is less relevant. Depending on your use case, RAM could be more relevant if you’re running loads of containers. I’d at least get one with an extra slot and/or non-soldered RAM, just in case. You most likely won’t ever need more than stock, but the option is nice. I’m running stock still.
I have the 923+ and have been very happy with it, but Jellyfin is migrated to a N100 NUC. The NAS runs the .arr-suite, qBittorrent, autobrr, Flaresolver, all in Portainer, and I’m installing two 4k cameras soon for Surveilance Station. It’s barely breaking a sweat.
Sorry for the long answer