Nothing in HyperV makes any sense. It’s fucking awful.

You know it can’t do templates or create Clones like VMWorkstation could fifteen years ago?

God, I’m sorry you had to use Hyper-V.

As challenging as Proxmox is for someone new to it, it’s so much better than Hyper-V.

Well, your last paragraph kinda defines engagement. And low-effort posts mostly don’t get any engagement.

Where are you installing it for her, PC or router?

What OS is she running? Router?

What other remote tools do you have available?

I mean you’ve given us nothing to work with.

Frankly I’d just use Tailscale.

TL:DR

Just another name to mute.

Here are my notes

Using SSD is going to cost a lot more for the same storage and not really gain anything.

I use SSD for the drives that host VMs since they’re quieter when “running” and have a lower power consumption than my spinning disk drives when running.

This allows my storage drives to spin down.

I routinely reduce size 50%-70% and play it on a 65" 4k TV and you can’t tell the difference.

Sometimes I can actually improve the original video by applying noise reduction.

As for power - it really depends on your hardware and what you’re trying to do. Since I use an Intel SFF desktop, I have the option of using QSV for conversion and my rig peaks at 80 watts. Not that my peak matters because QSV is very power efficient and fast - takes perhaps 20 min to convert a 6GB video to 1-2 GB.

You’re a virgin, aren’t you? 🤪

Nah, Rockabilly at least has a tone of doing something, having agency (or drowning your sorrows in a drink, so there’s the country angle).

No, shockingly bad news to continue to require third party attestation of my device.

This is to just get people used to the idea, to normalize it outside Google and Apple, and to then push it into PC OS’s.

An alternative to Syncthing is Resilio.

I use both on Windows and iOS - Resilio does a better job syncing in the background.

Either one is a good answer though (and I generally prefer ST anyway).

Yes.

It eliminates risks.

For example I have a proper NAS, a server with one large drive, and 2 external drives.

Guess what I never have a problem with? The NAS or the internal drives. Occasionally one of the external drives will just disappear from the server, because they’re not really intended to be up 24/7. So I’ll have to power cycle it.

Also those external drives don’t have any active cooling - they weren’t designed for that use case. So I’ve found they tend to get warm if I’m copying anything to them, and now have an old case fan on them. Talk about janky.

Pi is a good option because of it’s low power draw.

However I find used mini pc’s and Small Form Factor desktops to be a better value and their idle power is similar to the latest Pi (while costing about the same as a new Pi).

Don’t threaten me with a good time

1. Always run as a user account.

I’d you just call it YADA without it being an acronym…

RustDesk is a great option too for just Remote Access. Though I find it’s performance a bit slow, and with VPN I can use any tool I need same as on the LAN (my workflow is unchanged).

I do use RustDesk for the adhoc situations (friend needs help/new machine, etc). It’s faster to setup for ad-hoc support vs adding a Tailscale client.

You’ll need port forwarding to expose RDP yo the internet

No. Do NOT do this. RDP isn’t designed for the internet, it’s a security hole, even more so in a small business where they aren’t going to use advanced security (2FA, certs, etc).

Remote access should always be over a secure connection, such as a VPN.

Never port-forward RDP - you’re just begging to get owned.

Ooh, I’d forgotten about Netbird!

Thanks for the reminder to test it as an alternative to Tailscale.