03-11-2025, 06:58 PM
Personally, I would be just fine if I could find a way to get rid of my homeprod. the equipment is loud, hot, takes energy ($) and then the HW maintenance when HDDs or NICs go bad or whatnot. However, I run a NAS and Plex and that alone, I don't want to pay for terrabytes of cloud storage, not to mention my 1g symmetric fiber wouldn't be enough for me.
That being said, I have opnsense as my router and then ad-guard running DNS (well, it also runs on opnsense, but some clients filter through ad-guard). I have had my nights trying to get opnsense and adguard "just right", but overall, that just runs. I don't have to worry about it. I also run Home Assistant (home automation) but the tinkering in that isn't on the homelab side, it's within the application. Either way, I just treat things that affect the whole family more as prod. I have automatic backups and only tinker with it when I have enough time to roll back if there's an issue. I 100% get it though, people not wanting to deal with it after working all day.
That being said, I have opnsense as my router and then ad-guard running DNS (well, it also runs on opnsense, but some clients filter through ad-guard). I have had my nights trying to get opnsense and adguard "just right", but overall, that just runs. I don't have to worry about it. I also run Home Assistant (home automation) but the tinkering in that isn't on the homelab side, it's within the application. Either way, I just treat things that affect the whole family more as prod. I have automatic backups and only tinker with it when I have enough time to roll back if there's an issue. I 100% get it though, people not wanting to deal with it after working all day.
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