dont need uptime… tried truenas scale on my ugreen nAS 64GB RAM (no ECC) and did not like it. ZFS is great no question but learning curve and risks of losing my whole array is too high (or two array of ZFS2). A pure EXT4 JBOD with replication once in a while is enough and more energy efficient for media

Anyway I envision to keep updating most of it to AV1 down the line, so reducing storage need over time (long period)

I’m selfhosting most of my stuff now and did closed 500 accounts, still 960 to review. It take times but I always while closing enter a comment like “lost confidence in USA for the next 50 years thanks to Trump” BTW most services don’t let you delete your account, in this case I empty all my personal data, upload blank images for profile, anonymize field, move email to temp mailbox and delete my password.

I did some architecture and implementation to Azure for a big client, now moved to pure AKS with only OSS software, nest step for them is to quit US cloud, a lot easier if you use pure kubernetes.

I think it is good that we reduce our reliance on US stacks, but not at the cost of using Chinese softwares.

Deleting Reddit, instagram, facebook was really the easiest and most satisfying of all.

I plan to organize meetup on sovereignty, privacy and self hosting soon too 😇