Pete90

I'd be scared to be ripped off in a lot. Do they show drive stats before sale?

I've had great success with used drives so far, mind you I only buy slightly used with lots of remaining warranty... Saved me tons.

There is quite a price difference, at least here in Germany. It easily be double, if not more... I'd love to use SSDs, but can't afford them right now

I didn't even think to look at Amazon, but for 12TB, that is an okay to good price. Too bad the 4TB is inappropriately expensive...

Yeah, that seems to be the case. I'll be on the lookout for official refurbished drives, thanks for your input!

Reha und Rentenantrag bei mir. Musste drei mal Widerspruch einlegen, weil immer was falsch war. Morgen geht's zur Reha, immer noch die falsche Klinik. Ich hab dann gefragt, ob man meine Briefe nicht beachten würde. Antwort: nein, grundsätzlich werden nur die ärztlichen Stellungnahmen beachtet. Jetzt koste ich mehrere tausend Euro, weil ich eine Reha bekomme, die nichts ändern wird. Saftladen!

Let me know if you need any help with that. I'm still a beginner, but have used the last few months to learn about cyber security. It can be a daunting subject, but if you get the basics right, you're probably good. I also hosted without a care for years and was never hacked, but it can/will happen. Here are some pointers!

Get or use a firewall. Iptables, UFW and such are probably good enough. I myself use OPNsense. It can be integrated with Crowdsec, a popular intrusion prevention system. This can be quite a rabbit whole. In the end, you should be able to control who goes where in your network.

Restrict ssh access or don't allow it at all via internet. Close port 22 and use a VPN, if needed. Don't allow root access via Ssh, use sudo. Use keys and passphrase login for best security.

Update your stuff regularly. Weekly or bi-weekly, if you can.

Use two factor authentication, where possible. It can be a bit annoying, but improves things dramatically. Long passwords help to, I use random-word-other-word combinations.

If you haven't, think of a backup strategy. 3 redundant copys on 2 media, one off site.

Cool idea. Just be aware, that there are a lot of shady people out there. I'm not sure I would publicly host services, which rely on tight security (like Vaultwarden). They will come and they will probe your system and it's security!

You might also want to remove Dockge from Uptime Kuma, no need to broadcast that publicly.

I did, and it was fast. I was a complete noob, so I thought rm -rf /* would delete everything in the current folder. I hit Ctrl + C, but it was too late. Took a few seconds to wipe out the whole system.

Reminds me of that Southpark episode, where all the adults are gone.

"Provider, provider..."

500 is the sweet spot, at least for downloads. I have it and it's fast enough for all my needs. Upload can be less, although I'd love to have more than the current 50. Good luck with your move!

Thanks, I'll let you know, once/if I figure it out!