Piggybacking on this, is there an app that will easily download your emails from Gmail and MS for backup purposes? Something like a pop3 frontend that will archive with folders and tags.

I know rebuilding containers is trivial, but updating a service in the UI is more trivial than that. I’m just trying to make my life as trivial as possible 😁. It seems like containers may be worth the little bit of extra effort.

Copying a response I wrote on another comment -

Thanks for this - the one advantage I’m noticing is that to update the services I’m running, I have to rebuild the container. I can’t really just update from the UI if an update is available. I can do it, it is just somewhat of a nuisance.

How often are there issues with dependencies? Is that a problem with a lot of software these days?

Thanks for this - the one advantage I’m noticing is that to update the services I’m running, I have to rebuild the container. I can’t really just update from the UI if an update is available. I can do it, it is just somewhat of a nuisance.

How often are there issues with dependencies? Is that a problem with a lot of software these days?

For me, pros are:

• Fun to learn something new
• Easy to test different systems. For example, I can play with different router or NAS software without having a separate computer around.
• I’ve been able to create different “computers” that serve different needs and require different levels of security.
• Currently, a cluster is probably overkill, it was a fun experiment.

Cons

• Updating all the different systems can be a pain. I could probably automate it, but I haven’t made the time to learn it yet.
• As a beginner, I’m throwing a bunch of parts together and hoping it will work. I should probably be more strategic in my implementation, but I don’t know what to prioritize. I’m sure I’ll have to start over in the future.
• With the previous point, the storage setup doesn’t seem very intuitive. I probably need to set up that better.
• I haven’t quite figured out backups yet. My VM backups all seem too big. I need to figure that out and automate it.

Hope this is helpful.

Thanks, this is helpful.

How do trackers advertise that they are open for applications?

Any suggestions about how to subscribe to private trackers?

Would the keywords help with mislabeled files?

Thanks for the ideas on the failsafe. I’ll check into it.

Thanks, very helpful!

The email archiver meets I need I’ve had for a long time. Is there any other software like this? I’ll try it out later, but does anyone else have experience with it?

That is what I was afraid of. I have no coding skill at all, but would it be difficult to adapt the plugin to a standalone docker container? Just upload, and it automatically saves to your library of choice.

Sorry, I’m going to hijack this a bit.

Calibre on Windows has a great plugin called de-drm to help liberate your purchases from Amazon. Is there a way to use the plugin on the web version? Alternatively, is there an alternative software that allows that? Currently, I have to first use my desktop version, then upload the book to my server.

I use CX file server. It can create an SFTP connection. I also have a VPN through my router.

Syncthing may be easier if you don’t have a VPN.

FYI, unRAID is moving to a subscription, so if you want to try it out, it might be good now before they change.

Also, I thought I read that docker/portainer was possible on TrueNas. You might check it out if Kubernetes is giving you trouble. I might be wrong, but I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t work on the base Debian install.

The comments on the community and OneDrive implemention are helpful. I do remember seeing one post from someone asking about running only one hdd in TruNAS. You’re right, the comments were very rude. I guess it’s a bigger problem than I realized.

I don’t have any experience with Kubernetes, I’ll check on that.

If you had to start over, what NAS software would you look at?

I think both are on zfs, so that should be good.

I’m definitely a “no clue what I’m doing” user, so GUIs are helpful.

Thanks for the feedback, it’s helpful.

Yes, this is my thinking. I mainly need a NAS that will let me use some services. I’m just not sure what I’ll be missing if I forgo Proxmox. I’m assuming it is a lot of advanced settings I don’t need, but other users mentioned backups as a positive for Proxmox.

Thanks for the response.

This is my first experience with zfs. So far I’ve been okay with the Proxmox UI, but I also haven’t tried anything other than vanilla VMs. I’ve enjoyed using Proxmox and learning it, but it also seems like an extra layer that I’m going to have to keep updated and maintained.

I might expand storage, but as it is, I’m doubling my current available storage, I have enough offsite backup capacity for a long time, and I’ll have the original 4tb external HDD if I want to shuck it. The main issue is getting all my data centralized with as little duplication as possible.

Can you explain how it is limited?

I’m assuming that TrueNas has basic features, and that I only need basic features, so Proxmox is probably overkill for me. What would I be missing if I only used TrueNas for virtualization? Before they talk about backups. It’s there anything else?

Thanks for the feedback. More to think about…