Would it be bad practice?
No, it’s fine. Especially for people who self host. Use what you have available to you as best you can
Why would it be bad practice?
Depends on your use case. A gigabit connection and hard drives are fine for something like a personal media server or simple file storage but if you wanted to edit video or play games from the NAS, you might look into upgrading to SSDs and getting a faster connection to the PC
I run the snap version of Plex in an Ubuntu VM running in hyper-v on windows 11 pro. Unfortunately, my gaming computer and server are the same machine, and anti-cheat forces me to use windows as the host OS.
I have ports open for Wireguard and Plex. So far, no issues that I’m aware of. Time will tell
Assuming you are in the US link
Edit: at the time of posting, the above store was in stock. They go fast
Like the other person said, more features.
Also, I don’t really understand Docker. Like, why use it over Flatpak, Snap, or LXC? I really need to research more but just haven’t done it yet
I can’t seem to just let my self-hosted services sit and work. I’m always tearing them down, rebuilding them, moving them to different machines for various reasons, trying new installation methods and comparing features (ex. docker vs. VM vs. bare metal), trying new file systems, etc. Home Assistant itself is solid and I’ve never had to reinstall due to something breaking.
Imagine you need to go see your doctor. They work in a building with 65535 rooms. Some rooms are empty. Some rooms have people in them that provide different services. But you need your doctor so you look up their location.
You learn the building address (IP address) and the room number (port)
In practice, you attach services to specific ports so that other computers can access those services. Typically, http traffic is on port 80 and https is on port 443. So if you visit a website, you are likely connected to a server on one of those two ports. But it’s not a requirement. You could create a website and put it on port 2097, or 532, or 47210; it doesn’t matter.
Why choose OpenBSD over FreeBSD? Any noticeable differences? I know it’s supposed to be a more security focused BSD but I hear it has fewer maintainers? The idea of a BSD appeals to me but the hardware compatibility holds me back. Just curious what your experience is like