The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/No_Kangaroo_3618 on 2024-11-13 21:04:17.
Originally posted this in the wrong communtiy r/homelab, so I’m repenting and posting here.
Currently refactoring my home lab. Currently coming from a NAS with TrueNAS and a conglomeration of old computers running Ubuntu Server. My TrueNAS machine could probably survive another year or two, but I think she’s ready to croak.
I want to consolidate, reduce the amount of old machines. I got a new HP tower with 64 GB of RAM and I bought a GPU (sweet deal on an NVidia 3070 ti) to go with it for some upcoming ML projects. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the options for refactoring.
Here’s what I am considering (open to more options):
- Proxmox on bare metal running TrueNAS, Ubuntu Server, and Ubuntu Desktop
- Proxmox on baremetal, using Cockpit for storage management, Ubuntu Server, and Ubuntu desktop (I have never used Cockpit)
- TrueNAS on bare metal, running Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop in VMs within TrueNAS (forgetting Proxmox entirely)
- Ubuntu Desktop on bare metal running TrueNAS and Ubuntu Server as a VM, or forgetting Ubuntu server entirely.
- Ubuntu Desktop, forgetting TrueNAS and Ubuntu Server entirely.
Someone suggested NixOS with Incus to run VMs if I need a particular OS, but research suggests that NixOS has somewhat of a steep learning curve.
Uses: Fileserver, backups, Immich (photo server and webapp), machine learning development and testing, development (webapps and stuff), and I would use Ubuntu Desktop as somewhat of a daily driver.
I’ve never used Proxmox but I consider it something perhaps valuable to learn. Also heard that Cockpit+Proxmox is excellent for managing ZFS and I’m down to clown around with it as a replacement for TrueNAS, but I’ve never even dinked around with it.