Thakis

Good evening dear community, In the attached image, you can see the current setup of my homelab and my current concept regarding the implementation of a NAS and a backup strategy (see "Option A"). For this, I have the following questions listed below. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a closer look at "Option A" and review the text next to it, providing feedback. 1. Is the concept realistically implementable? 2. Should I use TrueNAS Scale or Unraid for this concept? (I do not want to use the native operating system of UGreen.) 3. Should my NAS be directly accessible from external sources, or should it only be internally accessible, with all external access routed through NextCloud? 4. Would it make sense to operate NextCloud directly on the NAS instead of on my Proxmox server? Background of the question: When accessing data directly from the main NAS, I have a 10Gbps connection. However, the Proxmox server itself only has a 1Gbps connection through the router to the main NAS. 5. What software can family and friends use on their devices to create encrypted backups and then store them directly on my NAS or on NextCloud? 6. Which NVMe drives should I purchase? 7. What RAM should I buy for the NAS? 8. Is there a better process than copying data from the HDDs to the NVMe drives, working on them via the 10Gbit network on a Mac or PC, and then copying them back? 9. Instead of the DS223j, should I opt for the DS223 if I want to establish a direct VPN connection between the externally located NAS and my private network? According to my information, the DS223j does not support Docker, so I cannot install and configure Wireguard. 10. The external HDD and external NAS may not be able to fully backup the main NAS if it is full and I keep multiple backups (generation principle). Therefore, I would need to remove certain data from the backup, correct? 11. Alternatively, I could also buy 3x 12TB disks. That would cost around 30 euros more, but would result in lower power consumption. What would be recommended? 12. Have I overlooked any additional costs? 13. Are there similar products from QNAP or Synology like the 4800 Plus (10GBIT, NVMes that I can use as storage, etc.) that can also implement this concept would? I would trust their software more than I would trust my own configuration of TrueNAS or Unraid. Homelab Konzept_20240216.html