New server for the family, Proxmox or TrueNAS, LXC or Docker?
https://sh.itjust.works/post/39436160
New server for the family, Proxmox or TrueNAS, LXC or Docker? - sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/39436154
[https://sh.itjust.works/post/39436154] > Hello everyone, I’m building a new
server for the house, it will act as > a NAS for everyone and host a few
services like paperless, immich, baikal, jellyfin, syncthing probably navidrone,
etc. The main reason I’m building a new one is that my current one is a HP
prebuilt with a 3rd gen i5 and 8GB ram that is slowly beating the bucket, my 4TB
HDD is completely full and there’s no more sata ports nor space in the case. > >
I am fully psychologically prepared to be 24/7 tech support, but after all I
already am, and in this way I have to support services for which I know how they
work (and that I trust!) and not some strange Big Tech service whose UI and
inner workings changes every other day. > > For reference my new build is: > -
CPU: Ryzen 5 PRO 4560G + stock cooler. Has integrated graphics, can use it for
Jellyfin transcoding. > - RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB (from my desktop before I
upgraded to 64GB RAM. If needed in the future I will upgrade the capacity and
probably switch to ECC, I’ve chosen the CPU since it has support for it) > - SSD
NVME (boot+VM storage): Verbatim VI3000 512GB > - Storage (SATA): 4x12TB Seagate
Enterprise (White label) to use ZFS and Raid Z1 + 1x512GB Samsung SSD as cache.
> > I’m planning on using proxmox on bare metal and spin up VM/containers as
needed, for which I’m wondering: > > - I know proxmox can manage ZFS arrays, is
it better to create the array via proxmox, then share it as needed via something
like openmediavault in vm/container OR to create a TrueNAS VM and passthrough
the SATA controller to it, then manage everything via TrueNAS? I’ve done the
latter in the past on another server, it’s holding strong > > - I don’t know if
exposing the server to the open internet is a good idea (of course with fail2ban
and a firewall properly configured) or to just keep a VPN connection to the
server always open. I think the latter would be more secure, but also less
user-friendly for parts of the family. I’m using wireguard currently to remote
into my server when needed, and sometimes networks like eduroam in my university
block it completely. > > - Self signed SSL certificates might also be a problem
in the latter case > > - Since I will experiment with this server a little bit,
I was thinking of keeping: > > - One VM for services for the family (exposed to
internet or VPN) > - One VM for services I still want to expose (I currently
expose a couple websites for friends with data archived in my NAS) > - One VM
for me to experiment with before going in “production” for the family > > Each
VM would host its services using Docker+Portainer. > My question is: is this too
convoluted? Should I just use proxmox’s LXC containers (which I have no
experience with) and host services there? > > I was also thinking of spinning up
a pfsense/opnsense box and put the server into a separate VLAN from the domestic
lan. But that will be a project for a second time. Unfortunately the way
ethernet is wired in my house and for the physical space I have available
prevent me from separating the networks by physically using another router. > >
Thanks!
[Advice Request]: managing thermal pads for SMD components in custom PCB
https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637808
[Advice Request]: managing thermal pads for SMD components in custom PCB - sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637559
[https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637559] > Hello everyone, I need some advice. >
> I am making custom PCBs for a project of mine. It’s basically for a little
remotely controlled robot using little DC motors. I chose the Seeed Studio XIAO
ESP32C3 as the uC since it has inbuilt wifi/bt, 3.3V regulator that I can use to
power the motors (can source up to 700mA) and lipo charging management (the
robots will run on battery). As you can see from here
[https://www.seeedstudio.com/Seeed-XIAO-ESP32C3-p-5431.html], the
microcontroller is surface mounted and the pads for the battery are on the
bottom layer. Same story goes for the thermal pad of the microcontroller and the
thermal pad of the motor driver (datasheet
[https://www.tme.eu/Document/9504b4c07574a91a7b207d08475bca04/A3901.pdf]). > I
have worked with SMD components in the past and can solder them by hand, but I
have never worked with SMD components that have thermal pads on the bottom
layer. My question is: how to manage (route?) them? My PCB is 2-layer and I was
planning on having both layers filled with a ground plane. Do I just connect
thermal pads to the ground plane and call it a day? Wouldn’t that make the
components hard to solder with hot air? Do I make an isolated polygon that only
acts as a thermal pad? > > > Speaking of soldering is even hot air the way to go
in this case? My PCB has components on both sides, and I was planning on
ordering stencils together with the boards and using solder paste, placing the
components and then using hot air to solder the components in place. I thought a
hot plate would be better but I don’t have access to one and I don’t know how
that works with components on both sides. > > > I attached some photos of the
PCB in Kicad, and here’s [https://github.com/EmaMaker/AMazeIng-robots] the git
repo. If it is of any help, I’m planning of having them manifactured by JLCPCB.
> It is also my first time using KiCad, so go easy on me :) > > > Thanks! > > >
[![][1]][1] > > [![][2]][2] > > [![][3]][3] > > > [1]:
https://files.catbox.moe/ztw2pb.png [https://files.catbox.moe/ztw2pb.png] > [2]:
https://files.catbox.moe/hytn9j.png [https://files.catbox.moe/hytn9j.png] > [3]:
https://files.catbox.moe/l9nqcb.png [https://files.catbox.moe/l9nqcb.png]
[Advice Request]: managing thermal pads for SMD components in custom PCB
https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637788
[Advice Request]: managing thermal pads for SMD components in custom PCB
https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637742
[Advice Request]: managing thermal pads for SMD components in custom PCB - sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637559
[https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637559] > Hello everyone, I need some advice. >
> I am making custom PCBs for a project of mine. It’s basically for a little
remotely controlled robot using little DC motors. I chose the Seeed Studio XIAO
ESP32C3 as the uC since it has inbuilt wifi/bt, 3.3V regulator that I can use to
power the motors (can source up to 700mA) and lipo charging management (the
robots will run on battery). As you can see from here
[https://www.seeedstudio.com/Seeed-XIAO-ESP32C3-p-5431.html], the
microcontroller is surface mounted and the pads for the battery are on the
bottom layer. Same story goes for the thermal pad of the microcontroller and the
thermal pad of the motor driver (datasheet
[https://www.tme.eu/Document/9504b4c07574a91a7b207d08475bca04/A3901.pdf]). > I
have worked with SMD components in the past and can solder them by hand, but I
have never worked with SMD components that have thermal pads on the bottom
layer. My question is: how to manage (route?) them? My PCB is 2-layer and I was
planning on having both layers filled with a ground plane. Do I just connect
thermal pads to the ground plane and call it a day? Wouldn’t that make the
components hard to solder with hot air? Do I make an isolated polygon that only
acts as a thermal pad? > > > Speaking of soldering is even hot air the way to go
in this case? My PCB has components on both sides, and I was planning on
ordering stencils together with the boards and using solder paste, placing the
components and then using hot air to solder the components in place. I thought a
hot plate would be better but I don’t have access to one and I don’t know how
that works with components on both sides. > > > I attached some photos of the
PCB in Kicad, and here’s [https://github.com/EmaMaker/AMazeIng-robots] the git
repo. If it is of any help, I’m planning of having them manifactured by JLCPCB.
> It is also my first time using KiCad, so go easy on me :) > > > Thanks! > > >
[![][1]][1] > > [![][2]][2] > > [![][3]][3] > > > [1]:
https://files.catbox.moe/ztw2pb.png [https://files.catbox.moe/ztw2pb.png] > [2]:
https://files.catbox.moe/hytn9j.png [https://files.catbox.moe/hytn9j.png] > [3]:
https://files.catbox.moe/l9nqcb.png [https://files.catbox.moe/l9nqcb.png]
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Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery]
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11806465
Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery] - sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/11620383
[https://sh.itjust.works/post/11620383] > Just thought it would be fitting
building while watching the matching Christmas special! > > >
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> > PXL_20231225_222959144
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> > KIDNEYS! > PXL_20231226_003811378
[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/e3cfcf49-efae-4317-9fbd-086cc453f5a4.jpeg]
> > All finished up > PXL_20231226_003909786
[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/37dacab0-6bb7-499b-97d9-c34b955fc058.jpeg]
Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery]
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11805644
Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery] - sh.itjust.works
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Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery]
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11805643
Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery] - sh.itjust.works
[email protected]
Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery]
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11805642
Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery] - sh.itjust.works
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What our parenta gifted me and my sister for Christmas
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11620383
What our parenta gifted me and my sister for Christmas - sh.itjust.works
Just thought it would be fitting building by watching the matching Christmas
special! PXL_20231225_231413756
[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/389af40e-983c-483d-8196-2e820838580e.jpeg]
PXL_20231225_222959144
[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/e70b6b83-f6f4-4831-aa59-56a82338e271.jpeg]
KIDNEYS! PXL_20231225_223001080
[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/b794459d-803c-434c-a70d-38e737ffd1f3.jpeg]
All finished up PXL_20231226_003909786
[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/37dacab0-6bb7-499b-97d9-c34b955fc058.jpeg]
