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

edit: im willing to learn anything cli-related, i already daily drive linux on my laptop and code in nvim if that provides any sort of reassurance lol

  • thelittleblackbird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Oh I see, could you please point to that system that

    • it is free and not tie to any vendor
    • easy to use to the point that my grandma could use it
    • properly tested by an active q group
    • with safe boundaries
    • production ready
    • total flexibility
    • with a proper wizard / gui that is self explanatory, robust enough to make sure you don’t select contradicting options.

    If such system exist perhaps I move my homelab, who knows…

    • ShortN0te@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      21 hours ago

      Thats exactly my point. Both are not. But you keep claiming synology is compared to others.