One thing i’ve learned over the years is the way I did something when I was learning is usually not the best way of doing it, and I later go back and redo everything now that I have gained experience and knowledge. I have decided to ditch google photos, and was lucky enough to snag a free rackmount 2017 server from work with an i7 installed and 2 6tb drives on the way. But now comes the hard part of deciding what software I am going to end up learning on and hopefully living with. First and foremost I want a photo backup service, and I have debated between immich and xpenology, I also know that I want to run Pihole and would really like to self host my own website documenting my projects, even if no one will ever look at it.
If you had to start from the beginning, which OS, which container manager and which containers would you build. I would love the recommendations from those who walked so that I can run
Currently doing that. Migrating from a raspberry pi 4.
Here is the plan:
Use the ASROCK N100DC-ITX motherboard+CPU for low power usage but enough power for a snappy web server. Add 32GB ram and 2tb m.2 ssd as well as 4+7tb external usb storage.
Install windows 11 as root OS and use windows subsystem for linux with ubuntu for any webservices, install those using docker inside cosmos. This way the device can be used to play simple 2d games via steam yet be used for plex and web services such as bookstack and kavita.