Hello, I’m seeking advice.

I need help with a new setup. Currently, I have a Raspberry Pi 5 with OpenMediaVault (installed on microSD) + Portainer + Docker running from a USB HDD, but I’m not satisfied with this configuration - it looks messy and is a bit slow.

I’m considering buying an Odroid H4+ with 2 or 3 SSD disks to run NAS + Nextcloud (and possibly Home Assistant) on that server. What would be the best option for me? I like how TrueNAS operates, but it seems a bit too powerful for my needs. Should I:

  • Use TrueNAS Scale with Nextcloud and Home Assistant as apps on TrueNAS?
  • Use Proxmox with multiple VMs (NAS, Nextcloud, Home Assistant, …)?
  • Use OpenMediaVault with the KVM plugin and run Nextcloud within OpenMediaVault?
  • Or consider something completely different?

I would like to have the OS on a small disk and every other service on a second large disk (or in RAID1).

  • @machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7•5 months ago

    When I was in your shoes about 8 months ago, I opted for Proxmox and don’t regret it. Since then, I’ve been able to try different NAS OSs, experiment with different hosted services, etc. it gives you a lot of freedom to set up a VM, try a bunch of stuff, and then delete it and implement a fresh solution when you’re satisfied with something.

    If you do that, you might consider having the operating system and VMs on one disk. If you decide on NAS software, many pass through the storage drives to the NAS directly.

    I’m probably going to end up with the following:

    • Base Proxmox
    • NAS VM - OMV with NFS shares available to other services, SMB for the network
    • VM for -arr services
    • Plex on an LXC - a script helped me set the up
    • (Maybe) VM for home assistant
    • VM for other home services I need, like Immich
    • Maybe a VM for hosting things publicly
    • Testing VM

    I hope this is helpful!

    • @mmattq@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3•5 months ago

      Thanks! What is your hardware configuration? How are your disks partitioned? Do you have any RAID setup? What are -arr services?

      • @machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        I’ve got a Frankenstein setup that wasn’t really thought out that well when I started. I’ll probably end up changing it later. If you go the Proxmox route, check out the partitioning suggestions carefully before you begin.

        I’ve got an old minitower that replaced a mini PC setup. I wanted to bring my hdd into the box and connect via SATA instead of an external HDD on USB. I’ll probably get a bigger case to make installing HDDs more convenient.

        I don’t really understand the partitioning to be honest. I have a 512gb nvme that is split up into a couple of partitions for VMs, ISO’s, backups and things for Proxmox. Then I have some other HDDs and SSDs that I use for files. Nothing in raid yet, but I’m hoping to add a couple of more HDDs. Then I’ll connect them to OMV and put them in raid.

        I’m currently hosting radarr, sonarr, prowlarr and overseerr. It’s really convenient.