brainstorm

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[–] brainstorm@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago

Are you German? Then this guide would probably be the best way to start. If not, I cannot really recommend a good guide. But you'll essentially need a Usenet provider (like eweka.nl) to access the Usenet and an indexer (like SceneNZBs) to find stuff. These two can be combined with e.g. SABnzbd as a downloader and the *arr software suite to automate the discovery and downloading of media.

[–] brainstorm@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Then I can only recommend jdownloader to collect the links and download the files and filebot for organizing and consistent naming. The sharehosters cannot really be automated, because they have captchas everywhere and there exists no standardized index (like for torrents or Usenet). Instead, everything is forum based (like Serienfans or movie fans). And for just organizing manually downloaded files, I found the *arrs not really feasible.

[–] brainstorm@feddit.de 13 points 7 months ago (9 children)

The *arrs unfortunately don't really work that well with oneclick hosters. I had a setup of jdownloader combined with filebot and a sharehoster premium account once in a while, and then using Plex to access the media. Since then I switched to *arrs in combination with Usenet and am glad I could leave the oneclick hosters behind. Especially when you are frequently paying for them, it's absolutely worth the money (Usenet providers and indexers are mostly paid and I would recommend against free ones). If you are interested, this guide is an excellent entrypoint.

[–] brainstorm@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Ich bin nicht sicher, ob das in deinem konkreten Fall funktioniert, aber Smarte Thermostate, wie z.B. das Nest Thermostat oder auch solche von Ecobee, können meist direkt ein altes Thermostat ersetzen. Voraussetzung ist natürlich dass alle benötigten Anschlüsse vorhanden sind. Soweit ich sehen konnte, gibt es dafür aber Kompatibilitätschecker. Es wäre aber sicher auch empfehlenswert sowas durch einen Handwerker einbauen zu lassen und der kennt sich dann vielleicht schon aus. Grundsätzlich sollte dich "Smart Thermostat" bei Google grob in die richtige Richtung bringen. Du musst dann nur schauen, welches am ehesten deinen Anforderungen entspricht (WLAN, App-Steuerung, etc.).

Ich habe selbst keine Erfahrung mit Thermostaten für eine Zentralheizung, kann also kein konkretes empfehlen. Aber achte bestenfalls darauf, dass es auch ohne Internet funktioniert und du dich nicht von irgend einer Cloud abhängig machst. Sonst gehst du das Risiko ein, dass das Gerät oder die vielleicht Mal nicht mehr funktionieren, sollte der Hersteller pleite gehen oder den Support einstellen. Im Bereich Smart Home ist Home Assistant in Kombination mit ZigBee und Z-Wave Geräten sehr beliebt, aber auch weitaus umfangreicher, als nur "das Thermostat aus der Ferne bedienen". Aber wenn du bereit bist, dich damit zu beschäftigen, eröffnet sich kompatibilität mit einer riesigen Zahl von Geräten mit gleichzeitiger Unabhängigkeit jeglicher Cloud Systeme.

[–] brainstorm@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you think the gaming part will be difficult because of the VM and passthrough, or was that simply a comment on the hardware choice? I don't really care about anti cheat or anything and thought GPU passthrough and some assigned cores won't be a problem. But I also don't have any experience with this kind of setup.

 

Hi, could you help me and recommend a good upgrade for my (dated) home server?

I'm currently running Unraid on an ASRock H97 Pro4 and an Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3, together with 24GB DDR3 RAM, a NVIDIA GTX 960 (for hardware transcoding) and a few old, mismatched HDDs. I chose this hardware mostly, because it was cheap/easy to get or I had it laying around. The server is primarily running Plex and the *arr-Stack, as well as smaller, less demanding applications and is showing it's age. I also want to add a VM for my wife or occasional guests to game on. Because of this, I think it's time for an upgrade, but I'm not really sure, what hardware to choose.

My current requirements would be the following:

  • Should be able to run the following applications easily
    • Plex (2-3x 1080p should be enough, but a little bit of overhead can't hurt)
    • Sonarr/Radarr/SABnzbd
    • Tdarr Server + Node to transcode new media in the background; this is mostly for space savings. I'm currently running the node on my gaming PC, but want the server to do this in the background 24/7
    • overhead to do a little bit of tinkering and running smaller applications; I think, most of the load will be from Plex, Tdarr and the other *Arrs
  • At least 6 SATA connections OR extra space for an adequate HBA card
    • I want to connect 3-4 Drives and have the possibility of adding some later; Querstion: What drives would you recommend? At least 10GB per drive. Im currently looking at 3x WD Red Plus 10 TB (one as parity).
  • 2 M.2 slots
    • a dedicated cache drive (for IO) as well as a drive to put the VMs/Appdata onto; Question: Is this even needed, or would one (bigger) SSD be enough?
  • dedicated GPUs for Plex/Tdarr hardware transcoding as well as gaming so I can assign each to the relevant VM (one will probably be windows)
  • be future-proof so I don't have to upgrade again in a few years
  • adequate power consumption (assuming an idle state without active gaming or transcoding); I also want to reuse the 500W be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM I already got.
  • fit in the Fractal Design Define R5
  • 1GB ethernet
  • be as quiet as possible
    • I already got noctua case fans and will probably throw an NH-D15 on the CPU

I'm especially unsure regarding the choice of Motherboard, CPU and GPU(s). I looked at the X570 FTW WIFI ATX Motherboard with a Ryzen 5800X to get good, future proof processing power and all the features I need, but am absolutely unsure if thats overkill or not. As GPUs I chose two GTX 1660 Super (for now), because I found recommendations for this card for transcoding as well as playing current titles on medium to high settings. Here I'm unsure if it is overkill for transcoding and maybe a bit dated for current gen gaming.

If possible, the parts should be buyable new, as thats way easier for me, than hunting on the used market.