It’s been almost a year since I restarted my self-hosting journey, and I finally feel like my setup is in a “good enough for now” state to share.

Hardware

Currently, I’m using the following hardware to host my services:

• Asrock DeskMini X300 w/ Ryzen 3400G 4-core/4-thread CPU, 16GB ram, and 1TB md-RAID 1 SSD storage AKA DeskMini
• GMKTec M5+ Mini PC w/ Ryzen 5825U 8-core/16-thread CPU, 32GB ram, and 1TB md-RAID 1 NVME m.2 storage AKA ProxMox
• Synology 920+ NAS w/ 4x4TB HD in md-RAID5 equivalent AKA NAS.
• Home Assistant Yellow w/ PI CM4 4GB, and 500GB m.2 NVME storage
• Gaming PC w/ Ryzen 5800XT 8-core/16-thread CPU, 32GB ram, Nvidia 3080 GPU, and 5TB total NVME m.2 Storage AKA Streaming

First, the NAS is my primary storage server, where I store all my photos, documents, backups, and music. The only self-contained services it provides are Synology’s photo/video backup solution and a wiki that I mainly use for storing recipes. It is also the backup target for the three other servers. The NAS itself backs up to Synology’s cloud storage and an off-site NAS at my parents’ house. While it can be a competent self-hosting platform, I try to keep it more as an appliance.

I’ve slightly modified my anaglyph demo to accept GIFs of rotating sandwiches and turn them 3-D. Note that the video direction is the direction that the camera is going, not the rotation of the sandwich. If the sandwich is rotating clockwise, set the direction to counter-clockwise and if it is rotating counter-clockwise, set the direction to clockwise. Rotating Sandwiches is my preferred source of rotating sandwiches, but you can use your own source. Download a rotating sandwich from that website, upload it to this form, set the correct direction, pick your preferred color, and submit. Processing can take some time so be patient.

These are sandwiches… that rotate… in 3-D. You will need a pair of Red/Blue 3d glasses to view these GIFs properly.

Credit for the original GIFs: Rotating Sandwiches