5 reasons EVERYONE needs a home server

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00:00 - EVERYONE Needs a Home Server
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01:43 - NAS and Shares
04:17 - Media Streaming
06:13 - DNS and VPN Services
08:34 - START A HOMELAB
10:04 - run your own internet

[@Rushil69420]

I'm in law school right now and can't pretend to know the first thing about programming or networking- I've literally just used Mac OS since like 2009 lol- but thanks to an earlier video of yours I got a Raspberry Pi and now a Mini PC to run Pihole, docker containers with -arr apps and Jellyfin, along with some network storage which I'm keeping backups on. It was a little bit of work but it's been a huge help! I *hated* being dependent on Google & Apple for everything from office applications to extra storage, and entering the world of Linux & open source has been SO refreshing

[@xellaz]

Switching to Linux from Windows or MacOS does give you that refreshing and liberating feeling~ ☺

[@cenunix]

Shedding a tear reading that, beautiful.

[@Batwam0]

Try Immich and Tailscale next 😊

[@matthewbass8152]

Welcome maybe you can use that law degree to fight companies abusing open source and licensees such as the GPL I promise you will become a Linux folk hero but I can’t promise much money from the ventures lol

[@royhonders]

Especially as a future law worker it will be nice to

[@ivanmaglica264]

Linux enthusiasts don't ask why you need a server, linux enthusiasts search for excuse to have a server.

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

We use our family home server as NAS and [matrix] chat server. It also runs torrent for movies, series and music, because streaming services keep region locking everything and it's often more convenient and simple to just download them. Plus they don't suddently disappear. Since a few months, it has a graphics card installed for remote access gaming, when not at home. Everything is installed on our "HTPC" setup, which uses a hypervisor and different VM's, similar structure to our business server. It is super silent in it's Silverstone Grandia case, bq fans and an aftermarket GPU cooler. //Edited: forgot to mention that it also has an HDCP bypass and 4K capture for recording international TV or any other video source. Since some media players allow for real time video upscaling using the graphics card, this became very helpful when playing back recordings of SD media such as VHS or DVD.

[@alexo5190]

Please share with me how u learned to do this

[@reflexbull6969]

I would also know how you learned this if you are willing to share, thanks in advance!

[@easymoney480]

I had no idea what I was doing but from watching your videos I got a mini pc running Ubuntu server with casa OS. Only utilizing the shared network storage features right now but I’m excited to dive into docker containers and learn more about that. Thank you for the content!

[@yetanother1305]

That "What happened to the internet" hit home lol

[@centurion8446]

Got one up with Jellyfin and Plex up and running thanks to your vids. Great stuff Have to expand now 😊

[@kaiwonwellington9762]

Glad I came across your video! This is EXACTLY what I am looking to do at home! Great video!!

[@123Daktary]

Interesting video. I like to see and understand how others use their hardware and software configs, but you made me more aware that I actually do not need any home server, or at least not for now. While I had planned to make one at one point and even have the necessary spare hardware, I still don't see any benefit for myself. I'm actually the total opposite. I don't care if the internet is down as I can bring one of my retro systems / configurations up and play in an already isolated / offline environment. I don't use cloud services, I don't watch movies, play online games, etc. My only use case would be for some programming related servers which can alredy be started on demand from a container, VM or a different bootble drive. But even for those, I find portable / enbedded versions more convenient even if they are more limited in scope.

[@tomschmidt381]

Agree about the value of having a home server. We are using a Thinkpad T420 laptop with a large drive in the DVD bay as a poor man's server. We are using it mainly as a source of automatic backups for my wife and my systems and file sharing for easy access by multiple computers. In addition it is running a NTP server to keep everything on our LAN time synchronized even if we lose internet access. Several of our DIY IoT devices default to firmware time and date so having a LAN based NTP server allows them get current time (sort of accurate) after a power fail even if the internet is down. It is also running a personal web server where we keep so common stuff.

[@adrielamadi952]

Can you send me link to some home servers

[@tomschmidt381]

@@adrielamadi952 If you are responding to me it is a vanilla T420 ThinkPad running Windows 10 pro. I purchased it on eBay as a refurbished off least computer.

[@BryanBear5050]

@@adrielamadi952 www.google.com/search?q=home+servers&sca_esv=e29bad09a751d822&sxsrf=ADLYWIKi3L_X429mkyulDEQ0zH_I8n028A%3A1716332323322&source=hp&ei=IydNZqPhEISu5NoPz9uPgAY&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZk01M1LO_8hUPcFbCyP36QqdkrVJfDAU&ved=0ahUKEwjj_seT7J-GAxUEF1kFHc_tA2AQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=home+servers&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz

[@eedoamitay3341]

the paying for itself argument is really pointless for a lot of people who are doing this for the fact that you actually own the data and no one can take it away from you in a virtual sense. That is worth a price and to me its well worth more than the costs of hard drives and the enclosure, its beyond worth it. Im not buying just storage, I'm buying my own storage.

[@TGameDev]

They're not mutually exclusive, but I do 100% agree, owning is always best.

[@dreamybull1509]

for anyone on a budget, you can find old mini PC's on your local marketplace for cheap and use them as a server compared to buying a new n100 mini pc. I've found a i5-6500t + 8bg ram Lenovo thinkcentre for $20 USD. what was wrong with it? just needed to reinstall windows lol. just today i picked up 2 of those same ThinkCentre + 2 keyboards + 2 mouses + 1 monitor for $60 USD. they were just missing hard drives which is cheap

[@darkred1686]

I second the Thinkcentre. You can get them in a 1L form factor if you don't need drive bays and they are so cheap, I started using them for projects rather than the RPi because they were so much cheaper during the pandemic. Also, some 1L Thinkcentre's have an option for an 8x PCI-E slot that you can fit a half-height card into, but these ones are much more expensive than the regular Thinkcentres.

[@Roger-ws8rj]

Those thinkcentres are a dime a dozen and there seems to be an endless supply of them. They're great for all kinds of projects.

[@HannesMrg]

Depends on where you live I think. For me, the n100 is cheaper, because electricity is expensive here and the n100 is way more efficient.

[@Spanishman2026]

Thank you for the info

[@ScentlessSun]

Plex, smart home, nas storage, local backups, docker containers for example vpn, retro gaming

[@Waltkat]

I recently acquired a dead Cisco UCS C240 M4 server for free. It came with 120TB of 12GHz SAS hard drives and 240GB of SSD for the boot drive, a single Xenon CPU (motherboard can handle two), and 16 gigs of RAM (there are 24 RAM slots so plenty of room to expand). I've just about got it running again and will try installing TrueNAS or Windows. Haven't decided whether or not to keep it or sell it off. Maybe I'll set it up as a home server, if I can find somewhere to put it where the HD and fan noise doesn't drive me crazy.

[@whatsupbudbud]

120TB? Man, that's dope. 😄 But power-wise probably a very hungry machine.

[@xellaz]

I backed the 8-bay version of that UGreen NAS btw.. going to use it as my media server.. serving all types of media I enjoy! Videos, Movies, Mangas, Manwhas, EBooks, Music, Pictures, etc. Not sure yet if I'll have to install a 3rd party OS. Hopefully they improve their software. 😗

[@Khaled1425]

How can you download movies with high quality or manhwas is there an easy way or do I need to use Turrent?

[@xellaz]

@@Khaled1425 Run docker and get the docker compose for Komga. I can't tell you how to get those files specifically. You need to be resourceful. Use torrent, Usenet, JDownloader, etc. Save the mangas/manwhas as .zip files and change the extension to .CBR so that Komga can pick it up. You will need to teach yourself how all of this can come together. Google will be your best friend for this. Good luck!

[@ghostbaleada]

I am a graphic designer and aside from this uses I also have my accounting and receipt generation self hosted fkr my freelance work as well as a website for my portfolio. Home servers have use cases for everyone plus i feel like my own IT for my oersonal business

[@KuleGuy27]

I've been thinking of getting a home server all the time but I don't have the funds to buy a NAS. At least I have some hard drives and a laptop :)

[@Cavi587]

It's more than enough! You don't really need a dedicated big brand NAS. My first NAS was an old Dell Optiplex that I got for basically no cost and a bunch of second hand 500GB hard drives. Is it ideal? Of course not, these drives can die any moment. But it's still better storage than a single drive in your PC. You can probably find people selling old computers on the internet for dirt cheap just to get rid of them. You can give them a second life!

[@ghostbaleada]

There are some used off the shelf NAS devices on ebay that are discontinued or are not receiving software updates and most of them you can have a different OS installed to bring them back to life

[@PainterVierax]

First, check if your internet box doesn't have usb ports to share hard drives or printers. It's the easier solution. In case of buying a NAS, well as said previously by Cavi you can start with any machine capable of handling 2 drives, even a simple Rpi clone. If your old laptop got a disk reader, with a cheap adapter you can use this sata port to add a HDD/SSD.

[@jimfrelinger]

@techhut, what’s the easiest way to get a home server up and running and connected to all my macs?

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video!

[@MrPirreE]

I started out with an Intel NUC I had. Installed OpenMediaVault on it, worked mostly great, just not the most stable thing to run a raid array based on USB-disks tho, so moved over to a Q-NAP NAS.

[@alexo5190]

How much electricity are you using if your server is on all the time? how much does it cost in nyc electricity prices?

[@ScentlessSun]

A server can pull 24watts from the wall and do all kinds of stuff. It depends on what you want to do. For perspective lightbulbs used to use 60 watts.

[@M167A1]

Casa server best project ever!

[@user-in5yk7fm4b]

I went crazy and have like 5 nucs doing different jobs lol. Google drive only holds books for me to read out and about until i find a service i like locally.

[@tparadox88]

You might think that "if your Internet goes out that doesn't matter for your access to local files", but you may have a nephew who wants to be helpful and knowledgeable and tries to fix the ISP outage before you get home from work by pulling the boot drive SD card out of the NAS box because he knows it has something to do with the internet.

[@renatobassi6991]

My minipc with an n100 is on its way.

[@TechHut]

Awesome, I love the N100 chip.

[@AustinsMind]

You'll love it, I bought the cwwk n100 nas board and paired it with 16gb ram, 500gb nvme for cache and running unraid with a modest 2 x 16 wd ultrastar drives for now. Using it for plex, rr suite, time machine and windows backups and eventually some game servers like minecraft or valheim. So far not a hitch and its running solid, its a beast considering the whole system pulls less than 50 watts under full load.

[@gautambhatnagar4765]

I got a n100 poe one to tuck away, got most of my stuff (plex, roon, homebridge etc) running on proxmox

[@1xXNimrodXx1]

​@@AustinsMindwill this be enough to store all your pron? 😂

[@ninthjake]

I literally got my n100 mini pc yesterday. Hooked it up today with CasaOS, running pihole as my dns server and even a Minecraft server with surprisingly good performance. Super happy with it. I'm sure you will be too

[@cane870]

What mini pc do you recommend using as a starting home server?

[@cell8290]

Also interested...

[@nezu_cc]

check your local used marketplace and see what's available, you can find really good hardware for a fraction of the price when businesses sell their "old" (a few years LOL) stuff. Dell, Lenovo, and HP have so really nice options. Serve The Home has a great series covering these devices, It's called tiny/mini/micro if I recall correctly

[@whatsupbudbud]

I bought a used Lenovo m920q which has a ton more resources than I would need with it's i5 CPU and 16GB's of RAM.

[@CharloBagis]

My first home server was a Raspberry Pi 3B and a 2TB USB drive connected to it, it worked very well for a couple of years but eventually I moved to a Qnap Nas with 24TB, it is overkill for my needs, will probably get a NUC once my Qnap dies

[@Khaled1425]

Please can you do a video about how to start a Minecraft server on UGREEN NAS or any NAS similar because I ordered one and when I searched I didn't know how ( please do how to start a Vannila server or forge modpack server )

[@nineteenmov]

6:19 domain name system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@markarca6360]

I can hear Jeff Geerling blame DNS for the outage

[@mauriciojcYT]

What did you study to know how to do all this? Advice on aquiring this knowledge?

[@mkmalikcom]

You just need 1. an internet connection 2. a lot of curiosity just search and get your hands dirty, this is the best way :)

[@untouchable360x]

Valid points if you have a lot of free time to set things up.

[@tadiwavincent6247]

how do you get your movies

[@mskiptr]

As for DNS, I really like quad9

[@PainterVierax]

yep, I use their unfiltered DNS for quite a while, complemented with DNS from local associations.

[@TheeAbstractHero]

I had zero idea Wikipedia had readily available snapshots. I could easily get sucked into endless browsing loops if I self hosted that.

[@dwayneg99]

5:48 R suite of tools?

[@chaasetech]

*arr suite (aka sonarr/radarr/lidarr/readarr/overseerr)

[@dwayneg99]

@@chaasetech sweet thank you! ARR!

[@M167A1]

Arrrrr

[@festro1000]

My first time getting into DNS was DYNDNS to setup a private server for World of Warcraft: WotLK.

[@jamesmichaelcabrera9613]

Why do you need to hide your ISP when you're downloading Linux Iso?

[@michaelharings9913]

It's a joke...

[@zil6470]

🌞

[@adrielamadi952]

Give us link to some nice and affordable home servers

[@bobafett2598]

Short answere: bc its fun as hell. Long answere: watch this video

[@ent2220]

I don't like to backup my files through anything but a solid wire to an encrypted HDD. I also have a lot of files I've accumulated over the year (8.3TB total) and may often re-organize them, add a lot of new ones etc., so a server solution of any sort, even a home one is not useful to me at all Connecting to TV. Well I just said I have HDDs. I backup my computer's internal HDD to one external one and another internal one. I can take the external one and connect it via USB to the other computer I have dedicated for my TV (my older laptop)

[@ent2220]

Overall, despite of being in IT and quite advanced I've always disliked servers for anything but hosting public instances of stuff or shared stuff with coworkers. I barely ever used for personal stuff, and I just use VMs in most other cases on my main PC.

[@whatsupbudbud]

But servers can be connected by wire, mate. :D

[@fp1715]

Setting up ANYTHING that is Internet facing AND access to your LAN is asking for trouble. You have to have ultra fast patches, available and installed. Imho not worth the risk in most cases.

[@peterwassmuth4014]

Five reasons! I need only one reason.

[@denizkendirci]

i agree but first, i need to replace my 15 year old laptop with a new model. lol.

[@yw1971]

3:07 - The chances the local HD will die are 10,000 times higher than Cloud service.

[@TechHut]

RAID 6 >

[@yw1971]

@@TechHut Well, that's not a single disk.

[@Beryesa.]

I have a pi4 with 64G flash drive tunnelled to a $1 VPS for ipv4 and it's ok 😅

[@aopen130]

Is the VPS for private dns? What is it for?

[@Anonymous4045]

@@aopen130Likely to safely expose services to the wider internet.

[@Beryesa.]

@@aopen130 Nope, getting static IP is more expensive than getting a tiny 1vcpu 1GB ram VPS I'm just tunnelling

[@RogerioPereiradaSilva77]

@@Beryesa.That's a great idea! I've been looking into doing that in order to set up a Wireguard VPN to my home LAN as I'd like to expose my Jellyfin server to my siblings in a safe manner but honestly I can't justify the recurring cost when a free Tailscale subscription essentially provides the same service as the sponsor in this video for up to 20 hosts and all that it costs me is the one time setting up the clients.

[@geerliglecluse5297]

Why advertising Twingate and not mentioning ZeroTier?

[@markarca6360]

As well as Tailscale.

[@heimerblaster976]

Apple computers :( expensive / hard to up grade /etc.. . I'm surprised a Tech person would use them. BUT ! the content in this video very nice good Sir.

[@DEVUNK88]

As long as wookiepedia is downloadable im in

[@dmitryvolkov7178]

ios video with nextcloud still transfer with downgrade resolution...

[@hohstapler4161]

Many videos say that you should have a home server, but this is not true. I have been dealing with computers (Laptop, Desktop, Server, Programming, C, Assembler, Windows, Linux, Virtualization) for over 20 years and have never had a real need to have a home server. (I have it because I like it, but I've had no real need to have it.) I don't store music because it's on KZbin, so why would I store it on hard drives? I don't save movies because they exist on multiple services, let's say for example Netflix. Why would you keep a movie for years if you're only going to watch it once or twice? So you need Plex or something similar? You don't need it! The only really useful thing you need a home server for is to share data, nothing else. No one talks about home server maintenance, which is not cheap, no one talks about faulty power supplies which are also not cheap, no one talks about faulty hard drives or solid state drives which are very expensive. Why do you need 10 - 20 - 30 terabytes of hard drives, to store movies that you will only watch once? Why spend so much money? Electricity is quite expensive and it's not worth keeping a home server running that doesn't contribute anything. - Ok, electricity is not too expensive, but if you don't need something like that, it is. Don't waste your money! People who record for KZbin need a lot of terabytes of space because they need to save their recordings in case they get deleted for some reason, nothing more. Also they get all the devices for free, as some kind of promotion and marketing, so they don't waste their money. You can do the backup on a USB flash drive, it's cheaper. You can't have home hosting because you don't have high internet upload speed and you can't fight DDOS or some other attacks. So you have no real reason to have a home server. Everything you want to learn about servers you can through virtualization. If you really want to have a home server, use a cheap mini pc that consumes little power. Don't waste your money on something you don't need!

[@Bob_Smith19]

So what happens when KZbin and Netflix no longer have the media you want to consume? If you don’t own physical copies, format shift, and host the media yourself you don’t own it. You are the whim of corporations w/ their ever increasing subscription costs. I understand if you don’t want to host media server yourself. But there are many valid reasons to do it.

[@armirgashi4236]

Why whould someone DDOS your homeserver?

[@hohstapler4161]

@@armirgashi4236 Why not? (Because he can.) I'm the IRC generation and we did all that crap, over 20 years ago. Memories, memories, memories...

[@EugeniusNaumenco]

that's what I really want to do: ditch Google Drive

[@bobbastian760]

Don't get a mac with 256gb that's a joke, get a PC with a 2Tb drive that costs 20% the price for the storage, backup to the cloud, done. You have everything with you the whole time even offline, even out of your house. Simple is better.

[@Mister-Wabbit]

run my own internet tell us more in detail how to build a network

[@user-zr2uc1gf8z]

I like your comment "SELF hosting movies" that's very politicaly correct ;)

[@chrishershey450]

I too like to hide my IP address when downloading linux ISO's 😉

[@ayyooojett2353]

Ok this vid is beyond my comprehension smh lol I still have a thumbs up !

[@hammerdownfpv6351]

Just one bit of info id like to share. Don't buy TP Link stuff. They are the worst for security updates. Do urself a favor and spend the extra money on a brand that supports there hardware

[@ScentlessSun]

Agreed. I’m a network engineer.

[@modembuddy]

You wouldn't download a Linux ISO... without a VPN, right?

[@yw1971]

NAS only, no more

[@bobbastian760]

Never back up things to Google Drive. They have full access to the content of all your files. You want that bro?

[@trillhittaproductions7872]

So overseer has to access the Internet so again why do this? 😊

[@ayyooojett2353]

Deadsec I see you Josh ! Aha jkjk

[@louisfifteen]

One reason why I don't need or want a home server is the XZ backdoor. As an individual home pc user, who is surfing the internet, checking mail and gaming, I have absolutely no need for a server.

[@PainterVierax]

That xz backdoor really didn't get any negative impact for server oriented distros. RH/CentOS, Debian or UbuntuLTS were too conservative to use the compromised versions. And I'm not even talking about BSDs who don't use this library. In fact, this story made a reality check on how Linux distros and opensource projects should protect themselves from social engineering. As well as a reality check on how bleeding edge distros or testing versions are not suitable for production. That shouldn't discourage people to experiment with home servers. But like you said, I myself still can live without one, and without relying on cloud services.

[@harbinjar]

ya bruh, gonna anonymize those Linux iso's for sure.

[@sativagirl1885]

If everyone ran a TOR HomeServer to distribute kitty porn, for miners deep in the shaft, government could not tax it.

[@markarca6360]

Everyone who wants to start their career in IT really needs to have one.

[@professormoriarty703]

😂 😂😂 since when ???

[@jyuks]

You’re legally protected in the use of the content. There’s no system that automates, or requires, revenue sharing for reaction content. You could proactively donate to the creators you react to - per your own calculations. 2024: Stand on Business

[@luigitech3169]

An HOME SERVER is useful for NAS and LocalAI

[@bobbastian760]

Life is SO much easier, simpler and cheaper if you only own 1 laptop and no other computers.

[@GadiantonsRobber]

And never interact with anyone

[@user-kx9rw2me2f]

First

[@HalfBaked-os1bi]

Second

[@JavierCortina3]

Third

[@Jeffreysuper61McELroy]

Forth

[@quinnherden]

Also first

[@DarthDaddy-cg6ro]

Way beyond my skill set.

[@BiteSized_]

Hilary Clinton swears by them.

[@LLPOF]

Why in the hell would anyone want Wikipedia on their home server. I'd be afraid it would infect everything else on it.

[@markarca6360]

I remember The GeekPub have a mirrored copy of Wikipedia, however, you can have MediaWiki, the app that powers Wikipedia.

[@PainterVierax]

I suppose it's a joke or some sort of meme?

[@LLPOF]

@@PainterVierax I don't know, he seemed pretty serious about it.

[@PainterVierax]

@@LLPOF I'm talking about your own comment, not the video. How can a website archive could infect the local host? This doesn't make any sense.

[@LLPOF]

@@PainterVierax I ... uhh ... I'm speechless.

[@dm55]

EVERYONE? Can you beg harder?

[@elalemanpaisa]

Vpn Is important when in public WiFi.. it's always encrypted .. Lol Come on bro first of all it's not encrypted end to end secondally you heard about https and secure DNS? Which is basically standard on every android phone and every Linux box can this.. the best? For free without any bottleneck or additional latency

[@xXhotshot55Xx]

What are you trying to say?

[@johngalt8708]

I don't like this video. You're too deep into the tech stuff you don't realize how much people aren't like you.

[@mskiptr]

Are people not using Google Drive? Or are they not watching shows and movies?

[@TechHut]

The only category that might be too deep is the DNS and VPN stuff.

[@Cavi587]

I think that a video about home servers implies at least some basic knowledge needed to fully understand it. If that's too much you should probably start with videos that talk you through basic ideas like what a computer is, how networks and the internet even work, what are VMs etc... If you don't understand a term or a concept from the video, what's stopping you from pausing the video and googling it? If you're truly interested in the topic then it's surely worth it, right?

[@timmerk7363]

@@TechHut The Homelab segment is not complicated per se, but it is extremely specific. It may be a potential benefit of a home server, but putting it in a video that is about reasons "everybody" needs a home server just doesn't make sense. It is only a benefit if you are interested in virtualization, networking and other niche stuff. The video just switches target audiences in the middle, from "everyone" to "people with very high interest in tech" Might have worked better as two different videos.

[@PainterVierax]

@@timmerk7363 even the part for everyone is kinda weak. I mean a lot of people don't use Gdrive, cloud services, VPNs, NAS or download/rip media content. It really depends on individual habits, as well as age, family situation or simply different tastes among family members.

[@Roger-cg4po]

hjk

[@I_killed_that_beard_guy]

Now give me 10 tricks how to make money