Have you looked to see if StartOS is an option to solve your future needs? I run it on an old iMac pretty well. Haven’t hit the limitations you have yet.
My family is starting to outgrow our nostr:nprofile1qqsw5t3us9xs3gmclzjm37hvk2yy6pv9t96utjjttsj794hexc5x79qpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqz6fef5 home server as we use it to self host everything we can. I don’t even think the 4TB option will work. The ability to attach an external hard drive is nice, but it’s our media and photos that eat up space, and apps like Immich and Jellyfin don’t work with the external hard drive. Are there any plans in the future for more than 4 TB of storage or should I look into building my own server setup powered by umbrelOS? #asknostr
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I have. We use Umbrel for self-hosting things like media and documents, and Start9 for Bitcoin only. Remote access has been a key factor – Umbrel’s use of Tailscale to access files remotely is super easy. StartOS, on the other hand, only uses Tor, to my knowledge, for remote access, which is slow. That’s why we lean on Umbrel. However, if there is a better way to remotely access StartOS, I’d love to try it.