Why I Started
I have always been a little OCD about my data. I like having backups of everything... just in case. For the last 8 years I have had everything on a single 3TB external drive that I would carry around. I would hardly use it because it was cumbersome to pull out and was never update to date because I would rarely pull it out. Every year or so I would pull it out and spend a day backing everything up. This was awful because I would burn out halfway through and would miss so much stuff in the backup. Now, I can have everything in one place with no hassle at all
Device Information
Hardware
Machine: Dell OptiPlex 5050
- Intel Core i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
- 8GB RAM
- 128GB SATA SSD - OS Drive
- 3TB USB External HDD - Data Drive
Software
- Ubuntu Server
- CasaOS
- Cloudflare Tunnels for Hosting
Services Running
- Jellyfin for Media Streaming
- Immich for Photo Backup
- Paperless-ngx for Document Backup
- Crafty for Minecraft Server Hosting
Lessons Learned
I struggled to connect to the server even on the same network as my apartment building was blocking it in someway that I can no longer remember. I eventually found Tailscales and was able to bypass my networks blocks.
Future additions
- Vaultwarden
- Nextcloud possibly
- Upgrades to the server like adding a second drive to allow for RAID setups and upgrading the server case and SATA connections to allow for drive expansion
More to come as I expand the setup.