Replacing my Synology NAS with a self-built server

👴 Old post I don’t use TrueNAS anymore but I still have this machine and I even upgraded the RAM to a more comfortable 56GB. A few weeks ago, I replaced my trusty Synology DS216play with a more powerful station that I built myself. I hadn’t built a computer in a long time and it was a lot of fun! ...

2020-11-11 · 5 min · 977 words

Synology NAS: Stream & Backup

This is the third issue of my #100DaysToOffload My Synology NAS (DS 216play) has two 2 TB hard drives and serves two main purposes in my setup: Store media files (mainly movies and TV shows) & stream them Hold some backups ...

2020-05-14 · 5 min · 964 words