I might initially go with the option to manually import into Reitti, just to see what it can do.

Regarding the second option, how do you attach Reitti to owntracks recorder?

So I’m currently using Dawarich but I’m intrigued by this alternative. However, I found no way to export my data from Reitti, so I feel like it’d hold my data hostage until the feature would be added.

Alternatively, maybe there’s a way to report location to both at once? I’d rather not run two different apps to report my location to both at the same time, however. I guess it would be possible to make a small app that I run on my server that submits the location to both at the same time, but that would be some work.

I assume you mean automatic deduplication? I haven’t used ZFS, but BTRFS does not have that. There are a variety of ways to perform deduplication, I have duperemove scheduled to run regularly.

If ZFS is still capable of being instructed to perform deduplication when automatic deduplication is turned off, which it really should be able to do, then this should work even with it turned off.

Ah, reminds me of the old self-extracting gzip executable trick. I used that once a very long time ago to make a 4k linux intro, before I realized to be competitive I should switch to windows to be able to use Crinkler, which is superior even though the decompressor is part of the executable.

Ah, so you have compiled it into one file? Didn’t know that was possible for python, what tool do you use for this?

Hey fellow scener, cool project!

Just a few thoughts/questions:

• BTRFS and ZFS support real deduplication via copy on write, and would eliminate all current disadvantages of symlink and hardlink deduplication. It just works.
• Why have it be one huge python source file? This is a serious code smell imo, and something you really should avoid doing as this can be a major maintenance burden.

Very cool, I haven’t used MPD for 15 years, good to hear that it’s alive and well!

You’re starting to convince me, I’ve been looking at getting a GMKtec G3 N100 mini pc and just slotting it beside my existing NAS. I can even get a dedicated gigabit ethernet connection going between these two.

Interesting, I’ll investigate this!

Yeah, I’m also upgrading from a 14 years old Intel Atom D2701. It has a TDP of 10w, at the same time it has roughly a tenth of the performance of an N100. And then the HW accel for encode and decode is in addition to this, fot this type of task the difference is larger than 10x - the D2701 cannot do transcoding.

Thanks, the Jonsbo N1 actually has five hotswap bays, and I believe you can squeeze in another 3.5" besides the PSU if you have a small PSU. I’ll consider the N3 but I don’t think it will fit where I have my current NAS so I’ll have to replan a bit.

Yes, I’m thinking about either getting a PCIE SAS HBA to open up the option for SAS drives, or to get an ASM1166 M.2 to 6xSATA.

You’re right that I’ve focused too much on ECC, I think I’ll see it as nice to have more than something I’d prefer to have.

You’re right, I probably don’t need ECC. I’m mostly worried about bit flips in my important data, and as you say, a checksumming FS and RAID will protect against this while the data is in storage. However, it doesn’t protect against bit flips while copying data, for example copying data to backups - but there are other solutions for this, which I should consider.

Hot swap is nice to have. I haven’t even considered that it wouldn’t be supported by a mobo, I should look into that, thanks. These are the mobos I’m considering for each option:

N100: Topton N100 motherboard, 4x2.5G, 6xSATA, PCIE x1 https://a.aliexpress.com/_EvVv0k6

8500G: ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi (Gigabyte A620I AX might be an option, but it has only one M.2 slot so the upgradeability is less)

13100: ASRock Z790M-ITX Wifi

The N100 option is cheaper and should be lower power, but as you say I worry about needing another upgrade in a year or so, and this option doesn’t offer much upgradeability so that would mean at least a new mobo and cpu. The other options could accommodate a beefier CPU if needed.

Yeah, old Xeons tend to not be very low power, also I don’t think I’ll be able to find one with a mini ITX board to fit it in a compact case. Also, I’d probably need to add a discrete GPU, which adds to the cost and power consumption.

I want a low power build to limit heat and noise produced in my office room, to limit the electricity bill and as I understood it the case I’m considering also doesn’t have the best thermals, so I don’t want to put a CPU with too high a TDP into it.

The ReadyNAS 626 actually has a Xeon D-1521, but with a quite low TDP - 45W.

Regarding budget, I’m aiming for 400-800$. The N100 option, including case and PSU (but not disks) is at the lower end of this, while the 8500G and 13100 options are at the upper end.