Choosing between NAS / small All-in-one Server
reddit / selfhosted

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vaiost · 2023-10-19 09:43

As an engineer / architect and a team of 4-5 persons, small office, I
currently have around 100GB of project data. I know it is not much,
but I am currently planning for our next system.

Generally we use self-hosted apps like Vikunja, Joplin and so on.

I am in a loss on what should I do for my next system.

Option 1:

Get a synology NAS with 2 or 4 Slots (RAID-1 and 5 respectively), and
a mini PC to run our apps

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Option 2:

Get an SFF or mini ITX PC with i7 in which I will install Proxmox and
TrueNAS where I will assign 2xSSD with ZFS for SSD storage, while
running all the other apps we want.

For option 1 I understand that I should probably go with 4-bay NAS
which will cost a great amount money and would still be running
spinning disks and have 1gbe port.

For option 2 I am not sure if it is great idea having a server for
everything

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What are your suggestions?

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-19 10:10

Fyi this sub here is about selfhosting **software services**, not
about any hardware purchase or upgrade advice.

Consider subs like /r/HomeServer /r/Homelab /r/BuildaPC /r/Synology
/r/QNAP etc for that.

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sarinkhan · 2023-10-19 10:14

Doesn't the hardware impact the software architecture choices?
I understand his question as  "is it sound to have a Nas and an app
cluster running in vms on the same hardware?"
He does not ask for hardware advice on what to buy I feel.

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-19 10:16

They deleted their post already. But from what i recall the question
was mostly "should i buy a NAS or a server" which both are hardware,
obviously.

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sarinkhan · 2023-10-19 10:26

To be honest I prefer option 2 to option 1. However I like to separate
my Nas and my app server. VM might be enough of a speration, but here
are two other options:

3 - A powerful minipc for the apps + a cheaper one for the nas

4 - two powerful enough computers,both having the Nas and the app, for
redundancy.

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GolemancerVekk · 2023-10-19 10:40

I would ask in /r/sysadmin or some of the other suggested subs. Even
if you were asking about software, this sub is mostly about DIY stuff
and may not play that well with an office setup.