A blizzard was a good time to focus on my #icloudescape.

Picked up a pair of UniFi NAS units — one home, one remote, syncing nightly over site-to-site VPN.

Traded an M2 iPad Air I never touched for a M4 Mac Mini running Parachute, which incrementally pulls down my iCloud content so I actually have a real backup and not just a sync. iCloud is a sync service, not a backup — and getting into this mindset was the biggest ‘unlock’ in the project.

My UnRAID server handles daily working storage, media, Time Machine, and acts as a quick restore source.

Backblaze with a private encryption key sits at the end of the chain as an offsite layer I don’t have to manage.

I’m planning to explore Immich to manage and view the backup photo library when I have more time to dig into Postgres and associated dependencies but wanted to get the overall data pipeline configured first.

I also now feel more confident in safely storing my parent’s long term backup as they move away from having a home PC.

#SelfHosted #HomeNAS

Anyone here locally host their files / photos / videos on a personal NAS rather than use iCloud or Google Photos? Or use some hybrid version?

I’ve been exploring options and ordered the gear to build out an on-site and off-site backup.

Nerd Math tells me this could eventually pay for itself if I downgrade my iCloud subscription and it’s good data storage practice to have the redundancy — how I justify the initial investment. 🤓

But would love to discuss real world insights and pitfalls to avoid.

#homeserver #nas #homenas #selfhosting

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 1 – configuring ZFS mirror (RAID1)

https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-1-configuring-zfs-mirror-raid1/

#HackerNews #FreeBSD #HomeNAS #ZFS #RAID1 #StorageTutorial

Câu hỏi về stack observability (Grafana+Loki+Tempo...) cho server nhà nhỏ (10 container Docker, RAM chỉ 6GB). Xem đâu_series thời gian Construcion? Cần interval scrape 2min? Tags: #homeNAS #observability #docker #selfhost #vietnam

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1o89t6j/observability_stack_for_home_nas/

#RAID #DataStorage #TechTips #ServerSetup #HardDrives #BackupSolutions #HomeNAS #EnterpriseStorage #DataProtection #TechExplained #RAIDLevels #StorageTips

https://victornava.dev/2025/06/17/raid-why-everyone-should-care/

Personal Cloud Introduzione

https://peertube.uno/w/mjj9279VBGwRqKdJHUPUP7

Хе-хе, приехал сегодня! Не, ну не зря мне Asustor посоветовали. Огромнейший выбор на любые требования. Шикарная Home линейка. Офигенно удобный софт в виде web-linux. Магазин приложений. Docker даже можно поставить. Огромнейшие возможности по правам и группам из коробки. Я кайфую. Настройка всего этого добра в raid-1 заняла около 15 минут (с распаковкоц и вставкой дисков).

#asustor #homenas #nas #selfhost #selfhoststorage