*enhances your kino*

>2 bay
lmao i have 16 drives in my NAS
git gud, fag

>NAS
no. i refuse. i just have one of picrel with a 20TB hard drive inside.

>>213601001
enjoy wasting 200W

>>213601035
>200W
are you slow? it uses like 12 watts at idle.

>>213600828 (OP)
I have (see image) with 2 drives. Absolutely worth the money. It allows me to watch my videos or listen to my music from any of my several smart TV's.

It can also be used as a video/image server for VR headsets

>>213601100
>my several smart TV's.

>>213601100
>0TB

>>213601272
that's why I said 'with 2 drives'; so people wouldn't think I have the 0TB model

>>213601204
once you go RokuTV, you never go back

>>213601315
>0TB

>>213601315
enjoy your targeted ads and being tracked.

>>213601100
>0TB

>>213601100
>(see image)

what the fuck is going on

>>213601100
>0TB
You could fit every single YIFY release on this bad boy

>>213600949
I have had my nas 2 drives for 3 yeara and neither drive failed

>>213601100
>0TB
kek this nigga bought air

>>213600828 (OP)
What's the advantage of a NAS over jellyfin?

>>213601990
You run Jellyfin on a NAS. Kids these days...

>>213602054
What is the advantage of a NAS over just repurposing an actual computer and putting drives in it

>>213602099
Smaller footprint, lower power draw

>>213602117
>Smaller footprint, lower power draw
>>213601001

>>213602099
some people are more obsessed with the idea of building a server than actual function. If you can pick it up for free/cheap then sure, but if you already have parts lying around you're not going to save enough money, depending of course on how expensive power is where you live

>>213600828 (OP)
I just got a toaster and swap the disc as needed... rarely needed because is 16tb.

>>213602099
>What is the advantage of a NAS over just repurposing an actual computer and putting drives in it
my NAS is always on
downloads and, if needed, unarchives new episodes of tv shows and movies automatically through sonarr/radarr
serves kino to my family and me when I'm away and want to watch something via Plex Remote

>>213603172
"Kino"

Yikes, don't pirate guys, it's ilegal

>>213600828 (OP)
*blocks your path in your path*

>>213604294
>unable to quickly sort by genre in your path

>>213604294
Holy based. Physical is always the way god intended. Not these poorfags who buy virginb servers to host torrented files = SOULLESS.

>>213600828 (OP)
let me guess, you "need" more?
I actually do need more, gonna upgrade my storage soon

>>213604294
You have From Dusk Till Dawn between DUNE and Earthquake, sorted like the first word is Dusk.

>>213600828 (OP)
I have a 4 bay synology, was setup RAID5 with 4x 6TBs and I had a failure that I did not deal with for FAR too long.
Do not ignore a warning please. Have a drive spare and deal with it immediately. If a second drive goes bad, you really are truly fucked and that's what happened to me.
I'm back on my feet now but it was very upsetting and I take full responsibility.

I need a NAS, but redpill me on Synology. What’s the deal with the third party drives?

This is the only thread to have given me deja vu. Not just the subject but the reaction images as well.

I'm looking into getting a NAS and such soon, anything to know before hand?

right now I just have an external plugged into my laptop, but I'm planning to get a 5 bay DAS and plug it into an rPi or something eventually

pairs nicely with picrel

>>213600828 (OP)
why would external disks 'enhance' anything

>>213600949
For what? TV slop? Name something good you use all the space for. I bet you’re one of those fags that has a giant plex setup filled with nothing but shit.

>>213606806
>Name something good you use all the space for.
Transformers (2007)
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Transformers Dark of the Moon (2011)
Transformers Age of Extinction (2014)
Transformers The Last Knight (2017)

I don't think I've made a mistake but I've probably made a mistake

>>213600828 (OP)
I wish I knew how to set one of these up but I'm retarded so I just keep my desktop on 24/7 with my plex server running on it. Getting low on space though

>>213601100
>0 TB

>>213600828 (OP)
How do I use one of these without having to set up another display? How do I get the 10TB of media I have on my desktop onto the drives I put in this without doing a tedious HDD swap? How will Plex know to look for a network drive? If Plex has to stream my media off my own NAS, isn't that still using internet and thus no different from streaming, with all the buffering and lag that come with it?

>>213601315
>that's why I said 'with 2 drives'; so people wouldn't think I have the 0TB model
why have a 0tb model at all? qrd?

good talk consumer retards

get a real nas

>>213600828 (OP)
>>213601100
Which is better and why? You have to put two identical drives for backup inside right?

>>213600828 (OP)
>2 disk
lmao

>>213601100
>0 TB

>>213601050
must be a beefy one then those things usually draw 4W at idle

>>213607446
How many should it have?

>>213600828 (OP)
i got one too

>>213601606
itt people who refuse to pay for a ticket to see a movie

>>213607646
Either one or more than two.

>>213601100
>2-Bay Dickless NAS

>>213607965
What if one fails? Isn't this just for backup so that you have two with the same data?

I don't see the point of hoarding movies and TV shows because I'm unlikely to ever rewatch them

>>213608077
it can be setup as raid 0 that combines the drive space to have one big storage space, but if either disk fails, then all the data is gone

>>213606985
>I just keep my desktop on 24/7 with my plex server running on it
that's better than 90% of /tv/ which just watches YIFY rips or streaming sites on their mom's laptop

>>213608132
>I don't see the point of hoarding movies and TV shows because I'm unlikely to ever rewatch them
you just need enough storage to hold enough to tide you over for a few months of watching.

>>213608327
I'm surprised by how little overlap there is between /g/ptg/ and /tv/

>>213608227
Yeah but you can just have an external drive like that if you don't have backup. I thought backup was the main point of these systems.

RAID 0 is pointless.
For a home media server, RAID is pointless, this is coming from someone with a RAID 10.
The whole purpose of a RAID is to provide 0 downtime, which is to say if a drive fails then you can still use the media server as normal while you prepare a replacement drive, which is a function that isn't really necessary if you're not a broadcast station.

If the purpose is just to have backups, then just do JBOD.
Someone people like to do RAID because it lets you merge storage space to appear as one large pool across multiple drives, but I think this function can be simulated with other software. Also RAID can let you compound read and write speeds, though realistically your speed will be limited by multiple factors from your ethernet cable version, your router/switch, your host bus adapter speeds, your PCI adapter/mobo's SATA generation, the SATA cables, etc etc.

>>213608693
raid and backups for media always seamed redundant to me, if I need to I'll just resnatch it. Backups are for more important documents

>>213608765
Not everyone has access to private trackers and an infinite ratio.
Better to keep backups.
A lot of the movies I have cannot be easily re-obtained because they're not even on private trackers to begin with.

>NAS
niggers just buy a few HDDs and physically separate your redundant movie files. you're overthinking this.

>>213603172
you can do all that on a regular computer too though

>>213605549

>>213608856
>A lot of the movies I have cannot be easily re-obtained because they're not even on private trackers to begin with.
that's why you upload and seed them. help keep the swarm alive for all the media you care about

>>213608856
A lot of anon don't have taste developed enough for this to matter.

>>213606872
based

>>213600828 (OP)
For me its DS223j

planning to get one of these

>>213608979
I'm not rich enough for a dedicated seedbox and I don't want to seed directly off my NAS seems like a bad idea.

>>213609018
>I don't want to seed directly off my NAS seems like a bad idea
why not?

>>213609034
My nas is intended to serve media for as long as possible. Having it constantly spin to seed makes me think it will shorten its lifespan.

>>213600828 (OP)
It really do be like that.
>>213601001
My nas has a USB slot so you can hook a second hard drive to it, but it's slow as shit that way

>>213602099
this seamed easier and took up like no space

>>213608132
it's not for that. it's so you can keep a backlog of episodes or films until you are done with them. I personally use mine for my shitpost folder

>>213608693
>>213608765
>If the purpose is just to have backups, then just do JBOD.
this is what I do. I have a wd usb 4 tb harddrive attached to my nas backing up my nas and my nas backing up my phone and laptop and most of my docs are on my nas

>>213608879
nas is convenient because my devices don't need to be wired to something

>>213600828 (OP)
For me? It's a four bay enclosure plugged into a raspberry pi, and Jellyfin.*siiiip*

>>213608693
>If the purpose is just to have backups, then just do JBOD.
And this is what exactly?

I use a 4 bay USB3 enclosure in RAID5 and a mini pc like this. It runs Plex but also runs dedicated game servers for me and my friends to play on.

>run plex off off of normal drive in my pc
>just works
feels good to not be autistic

>>213609413
>he has friends
keklmao

I have Unraid on an old Dell towerserver

>>213609556
and thats all you'll ever need. losers on the internet now need to make a big deal out of everything and latch on to hobbies and make it their entire personalities.

>>213600828 (OP)
I overbuilt mine, I've had my NAS for more than two years now and I've done like zero housekeeping on it and I'm still only using ~30% of its capacity.

>>213604637
lmao i just downloaded an image of a dvd collection and posted it. My library is sorted by genre.

>>213604294
Where the fuck do you even get good shelves now? Do they all have to custom made?

>>213604405
>He sorts by genre
>He doesnt have his films organized by year
Lol.

>>213610541
For now I am using billy bevause that's what I already had and its the cheapest.

>>213610412
kino gui

>>213609414
I also do this. it's sorta annoying to have to turn on my pc when I wanna watch kino on my smart tv tho

>>213604919
why the fuck would you set up a RAID system for multimedia storage

>>213611058
So that you don't lose it? Are you dumb?

>>213610412
Does this monitoring GUI run on any system or is it part of the NAS OS? I use one called cockpit but it could be better.

>>213611325
>>213610588
Its TrueNAS Scale ElectricEel-24.10.2

Its the OS I have installed on the NAS itself.

>another nas shilling thread
do normies really not have desktop PCs with room for a hard drive anymore?

>>213611383
Its nice having something on the network that any device in your house can access without your main PC being involved.

>>213601100
>0TB

>>213611436
no it's not
you can turn on your PC when you are at home

>>213611383
> desktop pc's

eww ICK!!

>>213611383
>>213611490
It's absolutely bizarre how these threads always have boomlennials with cavemen tier solutions actually think they are the more sophisticated ones.

>>213611591
buying a separate media server for 1 person is retarded
they're just files on a computer. any computer can do this

maybe if you had 50 TB of rare porn you were worried about losing. but then you still don't really need another computer for that. it's mainly because kids buy small cases with no room for drives, just RGB crap these days

>>213611687
>I'm lonely, live alone, and have no one to watch movies with so I watch them on my desktop PC while isolated in my cave/prison.
That's pretty sad anon, but I guess it explains why you don't seen the point in having a NAS.

>>213611816
people with families can afford to share paid streaming services

I don't believe you guys actually have a bunch of friends and they all rely on you to log into some home server to watch videos instead of using streaming services like normal people

it's a gay r*dditor hobby. simple as that

>>213601410
*Turns it off in the settings*

>>213611881
i got bad news for you dumb-dumb

>>213601001
i have a couple of these for tvs in my house and use one as a closet server, they're great

>>213612002
Oh shit Roku knows how often I open Hulu , FEMA is going to kick in my door any day now

I could already share media like 20 years ago
>enable media sharing on windows PC
>watch video files from xbox 360 on other TV
without buying an additional computer for this purpose

>>213611869
Why use streaming services when they offer less content for more money?

>>213602709
>some people are more obsessed with the idea of building a server than actual function.
i've seen so many videos on home server construction made by guys who have absolutely zero reason to have enterprise-grade server solutions just to host their dumb photos and ripped dvds, it comes off way overwhelming than it needs to be

>>213601001
What's wrong with this setup?
>Spare PC connected to tv with modern CPU and 20gb of RAM
>wireless keyboard
>Blu ray drive bay
>Two new RAID 10tb SSDs
>External SSD for doomsday backup
You anons got issues with this?

>>213611881
>he doesn't know

>>213612105
it's legal for one thing
if you buy VPN just to steal things, that's already like 1/3 the cost of a streaming bundle
which isn't a lot of money split among a few people anyway

>>213612175
>it's legal for one thing
WONT ANYONE THINK OF THE MUTLI BILLION DOLLAR GLOBO CORPS?!!? STOP STEALING!!!!

>>213612124
>Two new RAID 10tb SSDs
Extremely expensive. You can get more storage and more redundancy with more smaller drives.

>Spare PC connected to tv with modern CPU and 20gb of RAM
>wireless keyboard
You are using a desktop computer interface from a distance with a keyboard, when you could get an interface that is meant to be navigated with a TV remote, and remembers your place in things you've watched like netflix.

But really, care less about what people on the internet say.

>>213612175
>it's legal for one thing
lol, lmao
>VPN
hahahahahaha

>>213612264
do you live in some country where they literally cannot do anything against you?
in US you will receive notice of lawsuit through ISP

>>213600828 (OP)
>girls: uhh so wheres your netflix?

>>213612319
>notice of lawsuit
lol
american ISPs don't give a shit, they'll send you an email if someone bitches to them about you torrenting their shit but they will never, ever act on it and will do everything to not lose you as a customer

>>213612319
Just don't use public trackers. I'm in the US, I've been torrenting for decades, I've never got a notice or a letter.

>>213612378
it's not the ISP's choice. a court orders them to deliver the notice from third party and provide your name and info to them

>>213600828 (OP)
Honestly, the only service I pay for is Spotify because it's discovery is amazing once you trained it to your tastes and who the fuck wants to manually manage their music library? I have hundreds of albums, thousands of songs across such a wide variety of genres. Netflex is easily replaceable with an illegal streaming site and pulling up a movie is legitimately easier on the illegal streaming site and has more titles

>>213612260
I don't like using a remote to navigate da 'puter. If I've got a fully functional, internet connected PC on my tv screen in my living room, I want a damn keyboard. Especially if I wanna watch Metoob.

>>213612483
>who the fuck wants to manually manage their music library?
me
but i also dj and streaming music is worthless to me until the day comes where i can mix directly from a stream source
i like soundcloud's discovery a lot more anyhow, plus i get the weird bootlegs/remixes that wouldn't fly on spotify

>>213611869
>I don't believe you guys actually have a bunch of friends and they all rely on you to log into some home server to watch videos instead of using streaming services like normal people
i have 6 friends on my plex server. they all have various subscriptions but when they want to watch something those subs dont cover or something gets taken down or whatever other issue occurs they absolutely use my plex server.

>>213600828 (OP)
>buy one
>makes more noise than a fucking vacuum cleaner

>sell it
>buy couple ssds and slap it into a pc case
>dead quiet

if i knew how loud nas drives i would never bother

>>213612891
i always hear about how loud hard drives are yet i have two server grade drives in two separate machines and they are dead silent even when someone is accessing my plex server. am i just lucky or something ?

>>213604995
>>213604995
all model year '25 devices require that you use drives from the synology compatibility list. the synology compatibility list currently only includes synology branded drives. if you get one of their machines released prior to 2025 you can use third party drives but the machine will give you a warning when you attempt to initialize, you can ignore the warning with no penalty.

apparently you can fix the 2025 models by running some guys script on them which will add your third party drives to the device's compatibility list and you can go about your business. i wouldn't trust synology though, they might just be jewish enough to remotely brick your array in a future update if they catch you running third party drives in their machines, the way they've been going has been trending towards this.

>>213612930
Why the fuck would you ever update a box that sits in your home and doesn't connect to anything?

>>213612921
disk/fan noise complainers are usually autistic or adhd types that get distracted by background noises and hyperfocus on them until they sperg out

>there are tech illiterate zoomer cucks browsing this board right now with no backups and the internet is about to go full censorship

lol
lmao even. they gonna join ww3 for a free netflix subscription

>>213613247
>zoomer cucks
trying too hard
>browsing this board right now with no backups
several people in this thread are talking about their setups including backups. again you are trying too hard

>immediate seething about the zoomer cuck comment
oh nonononono

>>213613280
did i hit a nerve?

>>213600828 (OP)
I don't MUST CONSOOM MEDIA anymore so it wouldn't do anything for me.

>>213613429
it will be when the internet as we knew it shuts down, physical media is phased out and you will only be able to watch the "approved" versions of XYZ

the modern color grading alone makes it worth owning backups of movies you like

>>213600828 (OP)
Why yes, I do collect porn like Pokémon. How did you know?

>>213611244
then just have two separate disks instead of a system that's used for a Hot-Standby configuration you dunning-kruger retard

>>213612921
yes and no, older drives tend to be quitter, and newer ones only the more expensive ones
still loud if you have a few
>>213613222
says the deaf autist
maybe if all the light and noise pollution in the city people wouldnt be such spergs
if you are fine with sitting next to a nas setup then something arent right with you

>>213613575
I have no idea what you are trying to say.

>>213613474
>the modern color grading alone makes it worth owning backups of movies you like
You arent kidding, all the 4k remasters and shit where the director goes and shits all over his own film is horrendous. Thankfully either old versions or fan regrades that are good exist for a lot. Bless the Matrix 4k regrade back to the greenish hue from the DVD release