give me your NAS tricks
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give me your NAS tricks
I've got a Synology NAS on order. I'm looking for tips on how to set it up, how to organize things.
I've got some legal torrents that I want to run from it, and I want to be able to access files from the road without using dropbox. I'm also thinking about backing up my entire drop box onto the NAS.
And I may want to watch some movies on my Roku, that are served out of the NAS.
I'm looking for some real-life stories of how you have set yours up. Thanks in advance!
I've got some legal torrents that I want to run from it, and I want to be able to access files from the road without using dropbox. I'm also thinking about backing up my entire drop box onto the NAS.
And I may want to watch some movies on my Roku, that are served out of the NAS.
I'm looking for some real-life stories of how you have set yours up. Thanks in advance!
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Install Synology Cloudsync, it'll backup Dropbox directly to the unit
Install Plex server on the NAS, and the Plex channel on your Roku to stream locally
Install the Synology DS File app with a remote login so you can always access your unit. Consider upgrading to DS6 beta so you can also get 2 factor authentication.
Buy some IP cameras and purchase the license for additional cameras.
Install Plex server on the NAS, and the Plex channel on your Roku to stream locally
Install the Synology DS File app with a remote login so you can always access your unit. Consider upgrading to DS6 beta so you can also get 2 factor authentication.
Buy some IP cameras and purchase the license for additional cameras.
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How does Plex compare to DS Video? I have DS Video on my Synology, Roku, and iPad. The Roku handles local streaming and DS Video on the iPad supports downloading videos offline so I can watch them while traveling. Does Plex add any features that I can't get through DS Video?
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How does Plex compare to DS Video? I have DS Video on my Synology, Roku, and iPad. The Roku handles local streaming and DS Video on the iPad supports downloading videos offline so I can watch them while traveling. Does Plex add any features that I can't get through DS Video?
That said, if you purchased a play edition Synology box, DTVideo is the only one that'll do hardware encoding, which makes for better support of high bitrate streaming.
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How does Plex compare to DS Video? I have DS Video on my Synology, Roku, and iPad. The Roku handles local streaming and DS Video on the iPad supports downloading videos offline so I can watch them while traveling. Does Plex add any features that I can't get through DS Video?
I find that logging in remotely to PlexWeb is much simpler swell. The UI is hands down better as is the support. If you are having issues, the Plex community is quite helpful. The Synology forums are less so.
But the best part about Plex, if you have other friends with Plex, is sharing your library and being able to watch what's on your friend's library as well.
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You can sync movies, music, TV shows etc to your mobile device via Plex. it's a much more flexible media server as it has everything in 1 app. On Mobile, the DS apps are all separate. Plex is a singular interface that you can use on many different platforms.
I find that logging in remotely to PlexWeb is much simpler swell. The UI is hands down better as is the support. If you are having issues, the Plex community is quite helpful. The Synology forums are less so.
But the best part about Plex, if you have other friends with Plex, is sharing your library and being able to watch what's on your friend's library as well.
I find that logging in remotely to PlexWeb is much simpler swell. The UI is hands down better as is the support. If you are having issues, the Plex community is quite helpful. The Synology forums are less so.
But the best part about Plex, if you have other friends with Plex, is sharing your library and being able to watch what's on your friend's library as well.
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My NAS (good ole' ix2) is behind an OpenWRT router which serves as the bastion host and I can reach the unit via ssh/rsync. The file structure is the same as the laptop. Very secure, very simple. Relevant ssh config entry:
Host ix2-5
Port 22
Hostname 192.168.1.244
ProxyCommand ssh -p 443 -W %h:%p ssh@home
Where home is the home router address. After that, the whole laptop can be synced with sudo -E rsync --exclude /run --exclude /sys --exclude /tmp --exclude /dev --exclude /proc -aqz / root@ix2-5:/nfs/Backups/veyron2/
Host ix2-5
Port 22
Hostname 192.168.1.244
ProxyCommand ssh -p 443 -W %h:%p ssh@home
Where home is the home router address. After that, the whole laptop can be synced with sudo -E rsync --exclude /run --exclude /sys --exclude /tmp --exclude /dev --exclude /proc -aqz / root@ix2-5:/nfs/Backups/veyron2/
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I've got a Synology NAS on order. I'm looking for tips on how to set it up, how to organize things.
I've got some legal torrents that I want to run from it, and I want to be able to access files from the road without using dropbox. I'm also thinking about backing up my entire drop box onto the NAS.
And I may want to watch some movies on my Roku, that are served out of the NAS.
I'm looking for some real-life stories of how you have set yours up. Thanks in advance!
I've got some legal torrents that I want to run from it, and I want to be able to access files from the road without using dropbox. I'm also thinking about backing up my entire drop box onto the NAS.
And I may want to watch some movies on my Roku, that are served out of the NAS.
I'm looking for some real-life stories of how you have set yours up. Thanks in advance!
- Home VPN setup (I recommend OpenVPN)
- Plex (for media streaming)
I know folks will recommend opening ports and things like that, but I'd highly discourage that.
I'm not so familiar with Synology (I prefer QNAP), but I'd imagine they probably can run both Plex and OpenVPN on the NAS itself. I prefer to run OpenVPN on my router (pfSense) to keep the load off of my NAS.
Hopefully your unit has a powerful enough CPU for transcoding. If not, streaming video will get complicated.
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Much of the Plex content within my house is direct played, but when I stream over the internet, or store data locally on my ipad, it usually has to be transcoded.
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