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Audit: three years of the PROHARDVER! home-server forum read against Felhom; R-990, R-991 filed

Read-only. fetch.py (polite, 5 s apart, 34 pages, all 200), parse.py (own text only; four parser
defects found by the controls and fixed), build.py + spotcheck.py (stdlib). tags.csv holds post
numbers and tags only - no username, author id, salt or post text in git. FINDINGS.md (2,908 posts,
195 people, 82 beginner threads in 7 clusters), FELHOM.md (catalog gap, hardware fit, 15 website
questions, objections, ten ranked recommendations), METHOD.md (controls, spot-check: role and
hardware below 85 % after two rounds, the table-driving splits 92.5 % and 97.3 %), REPORT.md.
R-990: operator rules on the recommendations. R-991: no buyer-readable hardware floor.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012qRErfCoiTkvDK9N5XHbzb

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FINDINGS — PROHARDVER! „Home server / házi szerver építése”, 2023-10-12 → 2026-10-12

Source: posts #7943–#11092 of the public topic, fetched 2026-10-12. Every number below is produced by build.py from tags.csv and can be re-run. Post numbers make each claim checkable on the forum. „People” = distinct writers (pseudonymous hash), never posts. Method and limits: METHOD.md. Hardware counts are approximate (spot-check agreement 82.9 %, below the 85 % bar — METHOD.md).

1 Numbers

Item	Value
Post numbers in the window	3,150 (#7943–#11092)
Posts on the forum, read and tagged	2,908 (+1 excluded: #11091, Felhom's own announcement)
Missing on the forum	241 — #9874–#10108 (235, the 2025 site outage), #10118–#10120, #8571, #9230, #11073
Pages fetched	34 (2 empty: hsz_9901–10000, hsz_10001–10100)
People	195 (49 active in 2023 Q4, 101 in 2024, 96 in 2025, 62 in 2026 to Oct)
Posts by role	answers 1,600 · experienced asks 464 · other 351 · own setup 295 · beginner asks 198
Question threads (all)	308
Beginner threads	82, from 54 people (2023 Q4: 14 · 2024: 31 · 2025: 23 · 2026: 14)
Beginner threads resolved	yes 9 · no 4 · unknown 69 (most askers never report back)

2 Top beginner questions (82 threads)

#	Cluster (our words)	Threads	Examples	Answer the community most often gave
1	Which system do I install — TrueNAS, OMV, Proxmox, Xpenology, Windows?	20	#8046, #8201, #10418	OpenMediaVault, then Proxmox; apps in Docker; plain Debian if you know Linux; TrueNAS called hard for a beginner
2	Which small, low-power machine should I buy?	16	#8143, #9251, #10518	A used business mini PC or an N100-class box; for TV playback alone a Kodi/LibreELEC player
3	Disks: external USB drives, powering drives, adapters, RAID	12	#8124, #8301, #8783	Do not power drives by hand — take a used business tower (SFF/MT) with bays; skip board RAID; keep a cold backup
4	How do I install or connect an app (containers, shares, Home Assistant)?	11	#7981, #8631, #10514	Case by case; Home Assistant OS in its own VM or a cheap separate box
5	Ready NAS (Synology) or build / reuse a PC?	10	#7952, #8285, #8847	Split: build or reuse a PC (6 answers) vs Synology (5) — price and freedom against convenience
6	How do I reach it from my phone or outside the home?	7	#8037, #8073, #8516	Tailscale or WireGuard; never expose SMB; slow upload limits remote films
7	Is my old, inherited or office PC good enough?	6	#8330, #10254, #9145	Usually yes for files, torrent and Plex; watch power draw

Question types across all 82 threads (one thread may have several): hardware choice 49 · OS/platform 26 · storage/RAID 23 · remote access 16 · install help 13 · app choice 9 · power/noise 4 · cost 4 · broken 4 · backup 3.

3 Apps

3a Wanted by beginners (top 30)

#	Value	People	Examples
1	Plex	15	#8176, #8201, #8240
2	qBittorrent	12	#7952, #7964, #8046
3	Home Assistant	8	#8285, #8292, #8296
4	Jellyfin	7	#8273, #9145, #9148
5	Samba	7	#8046, #8056, #8071
6	BitTorrent client	4	#8330, #8358, #8367
7	Nextcloud	3	#8783, #8785, #8999
8	Emby	2	#8143, #11053
9	Immich	2	#8631, #10362
10	Minecraft server	2	#8143, #11012, #11051
11	MiniDLNA	2	#8071, #8867, #8870
12	Pi-hole	2	#8847, #8867, #8999
13	Radarr	2	#8358, #10418
14	Sonarr	2	#8358, #10418
15	Chrome Remote Desktop	1	#10406
16	CloudPanel	1	#8358
17	Cloudflare Tunnel	1	#8073, #8079
18	Conan Exiles server	1	#8715, #8731
19	CyberPanel	1	#8356, #8358
20	FTP	1	#11012
21	GNS3	1	#8849, #8867, #9001
22	LDAP	1	#10362
23	Mealie	1	#8358
24	Media server	1	#8474
25	Syncthing	1	#8867, #8999
26	Tailscale	1	#10533
27	Transmission	1	#8049
28	VPN	1	#8330
29	WordPress	1	#8356, #8358
30	camera recording	1	#10254

3b Run by experienced people (top 30)

#	Value	People	Examples
1	Plex	28	#7961, #7967, #8014
2	Home Assistant	23	#7966, #8062, #8109
3	qBittorrent	22	#8014, #8020, #8061
4	Samba	21	#7973, #8014, #8066
5	Jellyfin	14	#8982, #9118, #9135
6	Nextcloud	9	#8020, #8022, #8109
7	OPNsense	8	#7977, #8491, #8527
8	Sonarr	8	#7967, #8014, #8733
9	Transmission	8	#8022, #8470, #8507
10	AdGuard Home	7	#7966, #8109, #8966
11	Pi-hole	7	#8014, #8062, #8549
12	Kodi	6	#8014, #8239, #8802
13	Radarr	6	#7967, #8014, #8733
14	Tailscale	6	#8527, #9241, #9248
15	Minecraft server	5	#7954, #8266, #8637
16	Portainer	5	#8963, #9529, #9541
17	Cloudflare Tunnel	4	#8082, #8522, #8528
18	Jackett	4	#8733, #9719, #9731
19	MiniDLNA	4	#8014, #8109, #8540
20	NFS	4	#8510, #8549, #8808
21	Nginx Proxy Manager	4	#7967, #8965, #9128
22	Proxmox Backup Server	4	#9289, #9364, #9408
23	WireGuard	4	#7967, #8109, #10162
24	Bazarr	3	#8733, #9826, #10605
25	Deluge	3	#7967, #8397, #8540
26	ESPHome	3	#8109, #8985, #10334
27	Frigate	3	#9429, #9853, #10175
28	Netdata	3	#8029, #9850, #10536
29	Prowlarr	3	#9693, #9731, #9737
30	UniFi Controller	3	#8539, #8664, #8963

3c Wanted by anyone, grouped by job (for the catalog gap; ≥ 3 people): DLNA media server (MiniDLNA, Serviio…) 7 · router/firewall (OPNsense, pfSense, OpenWrt) 6 · ad/DNS blocker (Pi-hole, AdGuard Home) 5 · camera recorder / NVR (Frigate, ZoneMinder, MotionEye…) 5. Single-app counts: build.py table 3c.

4 Hardware (approximate — see the banner)

4a Owned by beginners

#	Value	People	Examples
1	synology	7	#8179, #8631, #9240
2	diy-build	6	#8783, #8795, #10682
3	minipc-used-business	6	#8176, #8285, #8301
4	router-device	5	#7965, #8037, #8047
5	n100-class	4	#7985, #8005, #8154
6	thin-client	4	#8166, #9626, #10159
7	business-desktop-used	3	#8046, #8285, #10254
8	old-desktop	2	#7952, #7964, #8330
9	old-laptop	2	#9145, #9266
10	other	2	#8240, #10736, #10817
11	other-nas-box	1	#7952, #7964, #7981
12	qnap	1	#10525, #10533
13	rack-server	1	#10856
14	tower-server-used	1	#9194

4b Planned by beginners

#	Value	People	Examples
1	diy-build	15	#8356, #8483, #8731
2	business-desktop-used	5	#8201, #8474, #8665
3	n100-class	4	#8183, #8999, #9003
4	synology	4	#7952, #8285, #8847
5	minipc-used-business	3	#8474, #8665, #8673
6	rack-server	3	#10243, #10282, #10368
7	other	2	#9251, #9266, #10306
8	other-nas-box	2	#8847, #10854
9	old-desktop	1	#8367
10	raspberry-pi-5	1	#10362, #10368
11	raspberry-pi-other	1	#8825

4c Recommended by anyone (top 10)

#	Value	People	Examples
1	business-desktop-used	17	#8157, #8163, #8169
2	diy-build	17	#7968, #8150, #8227
3	n100-class	17	#8144, #8155, #8164
4	minipc-used-business	11	#8145, #8148, #8234
5	synology	9	#7955, #7970, #7972
6	tower-server-used	7	#8222, #8226, #8486
7	old-desktop	5	#8026, #8027, #8030
8	workstation-used	5	#7948, #8115, #9356
9	other-nas-box	3	#9395, #10379, #10643
10	raspberry-pi-4	3	#7959, #8828, #10515

Budgets stated (latest per person, HUF): everyone n=48, min 1,000, median 61,000, max 800,000; beginners n=15, min 1,000, median 60,000, max 300,000. (The 1,000 is a monthly fee; most figures exclude disks.)

5 Platforms

5a What beginners want or tried

#	Value	People	Examples
1	TrueNAS	14	#8046, #8057, #8149
2	Debian/Ubuntu plain	11	#8056, #8059, #8149
3	Docker	10	#7981, #8083, #8356
4	Proxmox	10	#8149, #8862, #9589
5	Windows	9	#8143, #8176, #8516
6	OpenMediaVault	8	#7985, #8049, #8050
7	Xpenology	8	#8070, #8071, #8990
8	Synology DSM	6	#7952, #8179, #9240
9	Unraid	6	#8356, #8363, #8796
10	Home Assistant OS	4	#8008, #8012, #8579
11	CasaOS	3	#9145, #10225, #10403
12	ZimaOS	2	#10403, #10416, #10525

5b What experienced people recommend (top 12)

#	Value	People	Examples
1	Proxmox	23	#8062, #8065, #8097
2	OpenMediaVault	20	#8048, #8051, #8060
3	Docker	16	#8023, #8051, #8061
4	Debian/Ubuntu plain	12	#7959, #7962, #8053
5	TrueNAS	12	#7962, #8148, #8206
6	Unraid	9	#8401, #8403, #8404
7	Xpenology	9	#7962, #8023, #8068
8	Windows	7	#8052, #8053, #8272
9	CasaOS	5	#7959, #8102, #8106
10	Home Assistant OS	4	#8010, #8985, #9479
11	Synology DSM	4	#7955, #7958, #7970
12	ZimaOS	3	#10445, #10885, #11037

5c What experienced people run (top 11)

#	Value	People	Examples
1	Proxmox	40	#7967, #7982, #8044
2	Docker	23	#7960, #7967, #7980
3	Debian/Ubuntu plain	18	#7973, #8054, #8058
4	TrueNAS	14	#7954, #8015, #8016
5	OpenMediaVault	13	#7967, #8044, #8064
6	Windows	10	#8105, #8217, #8390
7	Xpenology	10	#7957, #7976, #8074
8	Unraid	7	#7980, #8029, #8522
9	Home Assistant OS	5	#9441, #9493, #9529
10	CasaOS	3	#8555, #8556, #9693
11	Synology DSM	3	#7966, #8966, #9229

5d Advised against (anyone): Proxmox 8 people („overkill” for a home NAS, #9487, #11081) · TrueNAS 5 („you will tear your hair out”, #8364) · Docker 2 · Windows 2 · Xpenology 2.

5e Products that do part of what Felhom does (people; tone + / 0 / −)

Product	People	+	0	−	How it is spoken of	Examples
Synology	43	17	27	18	the default „easy” answer; praised for comfort, attacked for price, weak CPUs and the 2025 own-brand-disk lock	#7955, #10352, #10468
CasaOS	10	4	6	2	recommended to beginners as „a few clicks for Plex, AdGuard, torrent”	#7959, #10219
ZimaOS	7	4	3	1	new in 2025; easy, but beginners hit share-mount problems	#10403, #10528, #10539
QNAP	6	3	2	4	second to Synology; trust doubts	#8843, #9386
Google Drive / OneDrive / Google Photos	14	2	11	2	the cloud the household already pays for; seldom attacked	#8342, #8474, #10679
Umbrel, Cosmos, Runtipi	1 each	0	1	0	named once in a list	#9606
A paid helper / managed service	1	1	0	0	one writer would pay someone to set it up	#9716

No paid managed home-server service other than Felhom was named in three years.

6 Pains (people)

#	Pain	Everyone	Beginners	Examples
1	power bill	60	11	#7953, #8133, #8143
2	noise	43	8	#7975, #8309, #8665
3	too complex	39	13	#7981, #8083, #8181
4	up-front cost	38	7	#8367, #8477, #8847
5	space	38	8	#7952, #7964, #8195
6	hardware failure	29	8	#7964, #8124, #8160
7	heat	24	3	#7975, #7993, #8572
8	time it costs	22	7	#8085, #8181, #8474
9	fear of losing data	19	5	#7964, #8344, #8353
10	family does not accept it / cannot use it	18	1	#8465, #8637, #8803
11	security fear	17	1	#8030, #8039, #8041
12	vendor lock-in	15	2	#8752, #10294, #10352
13	bad documentation	14	2	#7981, #8099, #8240
14	an update broke it	14	0	#7962, #8015, #8752
15	disk failure	14	2	#8113, #8351, #8990
16	remote-access confusion	11	6	#8037, #8040, #8073
17	fears the terminal	10	5	#8008, #8149, #8363
18	gave up	10	4	#8012, #8149, #8236
19	distrust of the cloud	8	3	#8296, #8581, #8841

7 Trend

Most year-to-year moves are within noise (about 100 active people per full year; a move needs ≥ 2 standard errors). Four exceed it (power bill 2.3 SE, lock-in 2.6 SE, self-built 3.5 SE; ZimaOS is new):

Change	2023 Q4	2024	2025	2026 (to Oct)
Power bill named, share of active people	35 %	33 %	19 %	18 %
Vendor lock-in named (Synology disk lock, TrueNAS app change)	0 %	2 %	11 %	3 %
ZimaOS named	0	0	4 people	3 people
Self-built machines, share of active people	20 %	28 %	33 %	50 %

No trend in the beginner questions themselves: the same seven clusters appear every year.

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