biomechLulu

joined 8 months ago
sorted by: new top controversial old
Need suggestions for setting up backups between a local and remote server in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] biomechLulu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks but I'm limited to openmediavault on my Rpi locally. I wanted to try something a little more powerful like truenas to get more experience different linux-based systems. But given that I currently don't have any major plans for the remote server other than storing backups I may just put a distro that I can install borg on like others have suggested.

Need suggestions for setting up backups between a local and remote server in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] biomechLulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'll have to look into that. I've only really worked with SMB shares before.

Need suggestions for setting up backups between a local and remote server in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] biomechLulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks, I like the idea of running it in a container, I'll have to look into that.

That is a good question, haha. I wanted to try something other than openmediavault that had a GUI, was designed for NAS, and protects against disk failure (specifically with raidz). However, I think openmediavault actually supports zfs now which might be easier given that I am limited to openmediavault on my local Rpi 4 server.

30
Need suggestions for setting up backups between a local and remote server (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi everyone! I am relatively new to self hosting and I am in the process of repurposing an old desktop computer as an offsite/remote server that I will have at a friends house.

My setup:

  • Local: RPi 4 running openmediavault
  • Remote: HP EliteDesk SFF running TrueNAS SCALE

My plan was to connect the machines using tailscale and use the borg plugin in openmediavault to create a remote server repo and save deduplicating and encrypted backups from the local server to the remote server. However, it seems that in order to do that I need a borg plugin installed on the remote server for which there doesn't seem to be a truenas app for. I know I could probably install it on the truenas server, but from what I have read, a truenas update could wipe the install and configuration.

Thus, I would appreciate any suggestions on making the above possible, or alternative setups that would help me achieve what I am looking for. My requirements are:

  • Openmediavault on the local server
  • Encrypted backups
  • Machines connected via VPN (tailscale was just so easy so I would prefer to continue using that, but I can be convinced otherwise)
Need a self hosted solution to offload old Photos's from iPhones to make space in iCloud for new ones in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] biomechLulu@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK, not yet. I think they are working on adding the "free up space" capability but I think that may only remove them from the device not the cloud. However, I am on Android so not sure how that would work for iCloud. If you can't find the answers in their documentation, you can search or ask in their discord channel.

Need a self hosted solution to offload old Photos's from iPhones to make space in iCloud for new ones in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] biomechLulu@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Take a look at immich!

Does a lot of what you stated above. Plus, it has machine learning built in so you can use features like 'memories' and face detection, etc. I transitioned from Google photos to immich a little less than a year ago and haven't looked back!