I’ve been interested in self hosting a small variety of services yet I’m so confused on where to start. What would you guys recommend for a server machine?
My main uses (and some of the services I think are appropriate for the use case) are:
- 1tb photo, video storage, push/pull (immich)
- 512gb total shared between downloaded music storage (navidrome) and pdf/ebook storage (calibre)—all pull only
- 1tb movies/tv storage on a media server (jellyfin)
- 512gb storage for random junk or whatever, plus a file transfer push/pull (syncthing…? or nextcloud?)
- potential basic bio website hosting (near future)
- potential email hosting (distant future)
anyways with that all said i have a few questions:
- what server should i buy if i want to expand storage in the future? should i just build a pc with like 3x1tb storage, or 6x1tb storage w/ redundancy? totally confused about the concept of redundancy lol
- any thoughts on the services im suggesting? especially for file transfer
For what you’re describing (Immich, Navidrome, Jellyfin, Nextcloud), you don’t necessarily need to figure out drive redundancy and server builds from scratch.
Take a look at Syncloud — it’s fully open source and lets you install apps like Nextcloud, Jellyfin, and more from a simple app store. It handles storage, HTTPS, and updates for you. Runs on pretty much anything — an old PC, a mini server, even a Raspberry Pi. Might save you a lot of the confusion around where to start.