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Hey all, been wanting to get into self hosting for a while. I won't be doing a whole lot - probably just a Plex server and photo/video archives.

Maybe a personal assistant if I get really bored, lol.

At work, I've got a selected of taking either:

  • HP Prodesk 400 G4 - i5 7th Gen

OR

  • Dell Optiplex 7020
  • Dell Optiplex 3010
  • Dell Optiplex 3040 All Intel i5

Let me know if they're all shit too, lol.

Many thanks

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

On the same network yes. If you want to do it from elsewhere, you should use a VPN, don't expose stuff like Jellyfin to the Internet.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

How would I connect to the same network from so far away? Is that impossible?

If I want to connect from far away, would a simple NordVPN do the trick?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Run a VPN server on your system and expose that. Then connect to it with the VPN client on the remote system.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

I see!!!! Thanks, great tip.