I use CX file server. It can create an SFTP connection. I also have a VPN through my router.

Syncthing may be easier if you don’t have a VPN.

FYI, unRAID is moving to a subscription, so if you want to try it out, it might be good now before they change.

Also, I thought I read that docker/portainer was possible on TrueNas. You might check it out if Kubernetes is giving you trouble. I might be wrong, but I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t work on the base Debian install.

The comments on the community and OneDrive implemention are helpful. I do remember seeing one post from someone asking about running only one hdd in TruNAS. You’re right, the comments were very rude. I guess it’s a bigger problem than I realized.

I don’t have any experience with Kubernetes, I’ll check on that.

If you had to start over, what NAS software would you look at?

I think both are on zfs, so that should be good.

I’m definitely a “no clue what I’m doing” user, so GUIs are helpful.

Thanks for the feedback, it’s helpful.

Yes, this is my thinking. I mainly need a NAS that will let me use some services. I’m just not sure what I’ll be missing if I forgo Proxmox. I’m assuming it is a lot of advanced settings I don’t need, but other users mentioned backups as a positive for Proxmox.

Thanks for the response.

This is my first experience with zfs. So far I’ve been okay with the Proxmox UI, but I also haven’t tried anything other than vanilla VMs. I’ve enjoyed using Proxmox and learning it, but it also seems like an extra layer that I’m going to have to keep updated and maintained.

I might expand storage, but as it is, I’m doubling my current available storage, I have enough offsite backup capacity for a long time, and I’ll have the original 4tb external HDD if I want to shuck it. The main issue is getting all my data centralized with as little duplication as possible.

Can you explain how it is limited?

I’m assuming that TrueNas has basic features, and that I only need basic features, so Proxmox is probably overkill for me. What would I be missing if I only used TrueNas for virtualization? Before they talk about backups. It’s there anything else?

Thanks for the feedback. More to think about…

So is your TrueNas in a Proxmox VM? Did you try VMs in TrueNas?

I guess I’m trying to see the benefits of VMs in Proxmox versus VMs in TrueNas Scale. My use case is not very complicated, so I’m wondering if I can simplify the setup by just using TrueNas.

Thanks for the clarification and the other information. It’s helpful.

By a backup server, is that an additional component to my proxmox install? Could I back things up to the offsite Synology? I assume it isn’t a separate box on the network?

In what ways is proxmox virtualization more flexible than TrueNas? I thought it was fairly similar for basic things (my use case). I do realize they are built for different purposes, I just don’t need a lot of virtualization.

For some reason I’ve never had luck setting up network shares for Windows on my network. I should really figure that out.

Thanks for the response. I’ll check it the backup server in more detail.

Thanks, that might work. I’ll check into it.

Thanks. Yeah, that is what I did during maintenance, but I’m trying to think what happens if I’m gone and my family has issues.

Sorry for the confusion, I was just doing maintenance on my home server and so the docker container hosting pi-hole was down. Usually it works beautifully.

Thanks, I see that is the common recommendation. I also have to think what to do if I’m away and the family has issues.

I appreciate the response.

Thanks, this looks good, but I’m not sure I can do it on Asus. I’ll look into it.

Sorry for the confusion, but everything was working fine, I just had to update the server my pi-hole docker container was hosted on and noticed that I lost access to the internet. It works beautifully when the container is up and running.

Unfortunately, I don’t think my router is compatible with Merlin.

Thank you, though, I appreciate the feedback.

How many queries a month do you have? I’m at 15 days and I’m already at 750K. Do you pay for your service? I can do that, just curious what is common.

11€/month? Do you mean per year?