BonkTheAnnoyed

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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? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I can't decide if I'm happy or disappointed that no one suggested I make a Beyowolf cluster.

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? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Thanks for that caveat. I could definitely see myself falling into that

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? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 12 hours ago (8 children)

See, this is interesting. I'm out here looking for the new shiny easy button, but what I'm hearing is "the old config-file based thing works really well. ain't broken, etc."

I may give that a swing and see.

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? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

this looks promising. Seems a little heavy-weight at first glance... How was it to get up and running?

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? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

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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)
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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)

Last Edit: thanks, friends, for this discussion! I think based on this I'll at least start with NFS + my existing backups system (Mint's thing, which is I think just a gui in front of rcync). May play w/ modern SAMBA if I have extra time.

Ill continue to read the replies though - some interesting ideas.

Texas is about to ban talking on college campuses at night. Seriously. in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 days ago

"It's legal if we like it." -- GOP, probably.