The Synology Show - Backups and Home Server
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about running backups and a home server — Synology setups, apps, and more!
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Show Notes
2:03 - What is it?
- A little headless computer
5:07 - Drives
- WD Red or Seagate Ironwolf — They are loud, you can put SSDs in them, but it’s $$
6:25 - RAID
11:17 - Power
- Backup
- Time Machine over the network
- You can upgrade the memory
- SSDs
22:40 - Backing up your Backups
- Mirror folders to Backblaze B2
- Slow, but worth it
30:53 - Apps
- Plex + Emby
- Storage Analyzer
- Docker - anything really
- Node js ;)
- Security cameras
- Pi-hole or custom DNS server
- Moments
- Drive
Links
- Screenflow
- Synology
- DS918+
- DS219+
- WD Red Drives
- Seagate Iron Wolf
- Govee Thermometer
- Now
- Squizzy
- Backblaze B2
- Plex
- Emby
- Storage Analyzer
- DaisyDisk
- Docker
- Node.js
- Raspberry Pi
- Dokku
- Synology vs Blue Iris
- Moments app
- Pi-hole
- Discourse
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