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I'm "use NFS forfilesharing" old. what's the current optimal solution for shared drives if I have like 3 linux machines in the house? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I recently replaced an ancient laptop with a slightly less ancient one.

host for backups for three other machines
serve files I don't necessarily need on the new machine
relatively lightweight - "server" is ~15 years old
relatively simple - I'd rather not manage a dozen docker containers.
internal-facing
does NOT need to handle Android and friends. I can use sync-thing for that if I need to.

Left to my own devices I'd probably rsync for 90% of that, but I'd like to try something a little more pointy-clicky or at least transparent in my dotage.

Edit: Not SAMBA (I freaking hate trying to make that work)

Edit2: for the young'uns: NFS (linux "network filesystem")

Edit 3: LAN only. I may set up a VPN connection one day but it’s not currently a priority. (edited post to reflect questions)

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I agree, NFS is eazy peazy, livin greazy.

I have an old ds211j synology for backup. I just can't bring myself to replace it, it still works. However, it doesn't support zfs. I wish I could get another Linux running on this thing.

However, NFS does work on it and is so simple and easy to lock down, it works in a ton of corner cases like mine.

[–] antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

NFS is easy as long as you use very basic access control. When you want NFSv4 with Kerberos auth you're entering a world of pain and tears.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I don't use access control, I lock down with networking and filters.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Afaik Synology supports Btrfs which I honestly prefer at this point if you don't need filesystem based encryption or professionall scaling and caching features.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The ds211j is on synology DSM 6, which is ancient. I'll look again, but I don't think it supports btrfs.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 1 points 33 minutes ago

The lower end Synology NAS (like my DS420j) don’t support btrfs. They only support ext4, I think.