Keep apps at home, but move large files to cloud storage
Running apps at home can be enjoyable, but buying and maintaining the equipment can become too expensive. Reaching the desired capacity with used small PCs, , and NVMe storage was estimated to cost about $4,000. Hardware can also fail, so a single backup is not considered enough.
The current setup is described as a Talos cluster, with three control nodes and six worker nodes listed. Apps are being moved from Docker to mainly for experimentation rather than because the change is necessary. One possible redesign would keep the apps running at home while placing large files, such as Linux ISO files, on a remote that can stream them when needed.
Moving the entire setup to the cloud is also under consideration as a way to avoid handling service failures in the middle of the night.
Key points
- The planned hardware and storage upgrade was estimated at about $4,000, even with used small PCs.
- Reliable protection requires more than one backup because local hardware can fail.
- The proposed split keeps apps at home but stores large files on a remote .
- Apps are being moved from Docker to a Talos setup for experimentation.
- Moving the whole cluster to the cloud could reduce hands-on failure recovery.