I should have clarified I don’t mean for the day, I mean for a week plus.
My proxmox is LAN only running on a decade old beat up laptop. So yes.
Nah the whole point of my server is for running stuff I might want to access at any time
Anything I would be happy to choose to turn on and off probably ends up running on my desktop PC instead
Exact same for me, but I worry about some random electrical or bios issue that can’t be controlled when I’m gone.
I bought a Portable Power Station (e.g. Anker SOLIX C300) to use as an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for my homeserver (~ 40 Watt) to buy me - or better my utility company - a few hours in case the power fails.
Then you deal with it when you get back. Easy as that. If it is non-critical enough to turn off when you leave the house, then it is non-critical enough fix it later when you have time. Fixing software/bios/program errors are not time-sensitive.
Hardware now is EXTREMELY safe and it has to be tested against electrical surges, ESD events, and depending in the device, different temps in order to get CE conformity and UL ratings. There is a near-zero chance that it would cause a fire or something critical, especiallly because home servers typically are not under load most of the time.
The server stays on, always. I have like ten people using the services on there over tailscale. There’s a kvm, should something really unexpected happen.
How did you get your users through the tailscale process? I fear the tailscale sign in process is dissuading my potential users.
Never, and it has battery back up in case of power failure. Automation, security cameras, HVAC controls, file sharing, etc. running on it.
No, otherwise the security cameras wouldn’t record and that’s precisely the opposite of what I want when I’m out.
