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• Use of ButterFS for compression and snapshots |
• Software features, including DSM OS and app store |
• Target audience for the device: beginners in self-hosting who want hand-holding but are willing to learn |
• Setting up Docker containers on Linux |
• Sharing folders and file services using Samba or similar software |
• Creating users and configuring server management |
• Discussion of GUI options for Linux server management, including the author's preference for command-line interfaces |
• Review of Synology NAS devices as a user-friendly option for media servers and file storage |
• Comparison of Synology to other systems, such as Raspberry Pi and VMware infrastructure |
• Technical discussion of Docker versions and networking bridging on Synology devices |
• Discussion of Synology's official certification and its benefits |
• Using Synology with Intel NUC for adding storage capacity |
• Exploring backup options, specifically incremental backups and snapshots |
• Introducing Minio as an S3 frontend and its ability to provide object storage API on LAN or cloud |
• Configuring Minio with Restic for version snapshot backups |
• Introducing AutoRestic, a project that simplifies configuring Restic |
• Discussing the features of AutoRestic, including hooks, file exclusion, and forget policies |
• Designing a smart home with the wife's approval |
• Building in ethernet cables for future-proofing |
• Advantages of wired connections over wireless |
• Importance of solid networking and quality cabling (Cat6A) |
• Centralized server cupboard and patch panel for managing devices |
• Interoperability issues between different devices and protocols (e.g. Zigbee, Z-Wave) |
• Considering fan noise and heat in server space design |
• Labeling components to prevent confusion and mistakes |
• Importance of planning for future growth and needs (power, Ethernet, etc.) |
• Installing dedicated electrical circuits for equipment |
• Prioritizing long-term reliability over short-term cost savings |
• Benefits of designing with self-hosted infrastructure from the start |
• Upcoming delivery of the Helio 64 |
• Selling a free NAS for $200 |
• Details about selling the Helio 64, including a price and live date (Monday, April 26th) |
• Mention of sponsor Cloud Guru |
• Instructions for subscribing to the show |
• Contact information for the host and the show on social media platforms |
[0.00 --> 7.90] I have an idea for a charging station in the home that I think would be a brilliant way to save battery life. |
[8.38 --> 9.74] I think I'm on to something here. |
[10.18 --> 13.30] So if you need to save battery life, why do you need a charging station? |
[13.72 --> 18.20] Here's the thing. So you got your devices, right? Like your laptops and your iPads. |
[18.20 --> 25.50] And the actual truth is you shouldn't keep these things at 100% charge state all the time, right? |
[25.76 --> 27.04] Wow. No, no, no. |
[27.04 --> 34.42] In fact, somewhere between 40% and 60% is probably ideal for the type of lithium-ion batteries that are in our devices. Do you agree? |
[34.76 --> 43.72] Yeah. When I worked in the Genius Bar, I can't tell you the number of MacBooks I saw with batteries that were exploding through the keyboard or stopping the trackpad from working. |
[43.72 --> 53.24] I wish there was a way to just set in any OS. I want my battery level to be at this unless I press I'm going traveling button. |
[53.24 --> 62.84] Here's what I'm thinking. So there's a couple of ways I think I could solve this, but I've got a really old MacBook from like 2013 and the battery is still kind of working and I want to keep it alive. |
[63.04 --> 67.82] And it dawned on me that they have that Home Assistant app for macOS that tracks your battery life. |
[68.00 --> 69.00] Oh my God, you're a genius. |
[69.66 --> 77.16] Right? So you just put the adapter, you plug that into a smart plug and you have Home Assistant automatically turn off the smart plug when the Mac gets to 60%. |
[77.16 --> 84.34] And I think you could probably do it with Linux. I just, I'm wondering maybe somebody in the audience knows how you could report back a battery status to Home Assistant, but. |
[84.64 --> 86.12] That's a great idea, Brent. |
[86.52 --> 91.44] So I want to expand the idea for other devices as well. So I want input from people on how to do this. |
[91.44 --> 99.16] But essentially my goal would be to use a couple of smart plugs that are managed by Home Assistant to charge things for a while and then turn the charge off. |
[99.16 --> 106.48] And if there was a way to do it intelligently, maybe I don't even need the sensor data. Maybe I could just do it by like some math. I don't know. |
[107.16 --> 112.50] That's my current goal at home right now. So if anybody has some suggestions, I'd like them. |
[112.50 --> 122.06] In the meantime, if you just have a Mac that you want to limit the maximum charging for, you should look into Al Dente. It works with Intel or M1 Macs. |
[122.24 --> 128.34] And it's just letting you set a hard limit on the charge before the system continues to charge, I suppose. |
[129.04 --> 130.52] You can look into that. We'll have a link in the show notes. |
[131.00 --> 136.32] This is fantastic. I gave my wife my old laptop last year sometime. |
[136.32 --> 143.20] And I know for a fact, even though I've told her, you need to unplug it at least once a month and cycle the battery. |
[143.76 --> 147.52] I know it's been sat there since my daughter was born and hasn't moved. |
[148.28 --> 154.94] Right. Well, we have like one Mac here in the studio that's for effects processing and it just sits there always plugged in. |
[155.00 --> 158.04] So I put this Al Dente on there and capped it at 60%. |
[158.04 --> 163.18] And then I started thinking, how can I do this where it's not Mac OS specific or maybe it could be for multiple devices. |
[163.18 --> 169.30] So I'm going to expand the idea. In the meantime, you could expand your mind at a Cloud Guru. |
[169.44 --> 172.60] They are the leading in learning for the Cloud, Linux and other modern tech skills. |
[172.92 --> 175.56] Hundreds of courses, thousands of hands-on labs. |
[175.96 --> 179.84] Get certified, get hired, get learning at a CloudGuru.com. |
[180.28 --> 184.16] I think we've talked about this before. I'm talking, of course, about healthchecks.io. |
[184.36 --> 191.60] But I've had a little epiphany with healthchecks recently and I've started using it quite heavily for my own purposes. |
[191.60 --> 193.30] I wonder if you have used it for anything. |
[193.84 --> 199.94] You have talked about it before and I've considered it, but I haven't been able to grok if it's worth the setup time yet. |
[200.02 --> 202.02] It was actually one of the things I've been meaning to talk to you about. |
[202.48 --> 206.74] I did go last time we talked about it with the hosted service. |
[207.10 --> 213.38] And one of the struggles of being a self-hoster is do I self-host? Do I use the hosted version? |
[213.38 --> 216.76] And with different services, I fall on different sides of that line. |
[216.96 --> 222.20] And, you know, Bitward and I use the hosted service and I pay, I think it's $10 or $12 a year for that. |
[223.06 --> 227.38] And with healthchecks, their hosted version is actually free for up to 10 healthchecks. |
[227.48 --> 230.06] Beyond that, they have a pricing page. |
[230.94 --> 236.04] So the hobbyist is actually free for up to 20 jobs, not 10, my mistake. |
[236.04 --> 241.58] Beyond that, you can pay $5 a month and you'll get some phone support and some email support. |
[241.78 --> 247.34] And then they have business plans at $20 and up for 100 jobs and stuff like that. |
[247.94 --> 252.04] And I was doing a bunch of different ZFS replication tasks. |
[253.12 --> 258.46] And what I wanted to happen was I've just done a whole bunch of hardware shuffles in my house. |
[258.84 --> 259.44] You? Never. |
[259.44 --> 267.80] Well, this all stems from January when I was basing everything around GVTG and wanting to do everything with that single Intel box. |
[268.04 --> 269.70] And it didn't work out. |
[269.76 --> 273.86] So I've had to kind of, you know, rewind and kind of reconfigure a few things. |
[273.98 --> 277.48] So my old Dual Xeon box is now purely HomeLab. |
[277.62 --> 283.46] That is running ESXi and it's just going to sit in a corner turned off for 95% of its life now. |
[284.74 --> 288.78] Just such an overkill for that box because it's so powerful. |
[288.78 --> 291.86] But it consumes a lot of power in the process. |
[292.50 --> 296.28] And the Intel i5 system in the basement is the full-time one. |
[296.78 --> 304.34] But what I figured I could do was take a couple of these slightly older 10 terabyte hard drives I have that are two or three years old at this point. |
[304.82 --> 311.50] Put those into the HomeLab box and then schedule that to turn on at least once a week. |
[311.58 --> 315.24] I'll probably turn it on more whilst I'm working during the week and doing OpenShift stuff. |
[315.24 --> 319.56] But what I wanted to happen was to have a local backup. |
[320.08 --> 326.50] So I wanted my ZFS in the basement to replicate to the ZFS in my HomeLab box upstairs. |
[326.50 --> 333.12] And to keep track of when the last backup was, I needed some kind of a tool to do that. |
[333.18 --> 337.82] Because I've got a lot going on, as we all do, and I'm going to forget stuff. |
[338.04 --> 342.74] And the last thing I want is to come, you know, to need that backup and go, |
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