One thing i’ve learned over the years is the way I did something when I was learning is usually not the best way of doing it, and I later go back and redo everything now that I have gained experience and knowledge. I have decided to ditch google photos, and was lucky enough to snag a free rackmount 2017 server from work with an i7 installed and 2 6tb drives on the way. But now comes the hard part of deciding what software I am going to end up learning on and hopefully living with. First and foremost I want a photo backup service, and I have debated between immich and xpenology, I also know that I want to run Pihole and would really like to self host my own website documenting my projects, even if no one will ever look at it.
If you had to start from the beginning, which OS, which container manager and which containers would you build. I would love the recommendations from those who walked so that I can run
Never offer Jellyfin to friends / family so I could downgrade to a much smaller, cost efficient server. Hell if I didn’t have to stream outside the house I’d probably use a raspberry pi for the rest, those things are super capable now.
Can you clone the system and give/sell them the current setup? I’m kinda joking but also kinda serious
You could always just stop? “You’re welcome for the free ride while it lasted, I’m cutting my energy usage down by 87%”
Tell them the system is getting too expensive to run and that you unfortunately need to shut it down unless they help you with the expenses.