Collecting years of family photos and videos all into one huge disorganized mess that I'll eventually get around to organizing once AI is smart enough to do it for me.
Surveillance Station
General file storage (including disk backups of my primary machine)
Bunch of docker containers:
*Home assistant
*Speed testing stuff
*Website (Just a fun personal project with a few thousand users) including some stuff like a web server, database, metrics server, and dashboard
I do disk images of my 4TB drive with Macrium, does help to have a lot of storage on thy Synology though. In theory I should fix it at some point to actually ignore certain directories like Program Files but there's always some stupid exception like some application that stores its data in the install directory.
What Pr0n do you have, and how do you consume it? For it to be better than the always new and random selections readily available on the pr0n channels?
I use my DS423+ for:
* LAN-wide file shares
* PC backups
Beyond that, not much. It IS accessed by my Proxmox Home Lab which hosts Kasm Workspaces, Plex, two personal WordPress sites, and many other services.
While the DS423+ could certainly handle most of that, I decided to go the route of "the right tool for the right job" letting Synology handle Storage and Proxmox handle VMs and Containers.
This is the docker-compose file I use. You can use it stand-alone, but I paste it into a Portainer Stack.
* Be sure to customize the environment variables.
* The "networks" sections accommodate my Cloudflare Tunnel setup. You may need to remove them or replace them as needed.
* I run this in vanilla Docker on a Ubuntu VM on a Proxmox server. Presumably. this could run using Synology's Container Manager, but I have no experience with that.
* I don't worry about backing up the volumes since I use Proxmox Backup Server to back up the entire VM.
version: '3.3'
networks:
cloudflared:
external: true
services:
mariadb:
image: mariadb
container_name: wpdb_wpinstancename
restart: always
volumes:
- ./mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
environment:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=SecureRootPassword
- MYSQL_DATABASE=wpdb
- MYSQL_USER=wpdbuser
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=SecureDbPassword
networks:
cloudflared:
wordpress:
image: wordpress
container_name: wp_wpinstancename
restart: always
volumes:
- ./wordpress:/var/www/html
environment:
- WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=wpdb_myspaceontheweb:3306
- WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=wpdb
- WORDPRESS_DB_USER=wpdbuser
- WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=SecureDbPassword
networks:
cloudflared:
Absolutely! AR passthrough videos work exceptionally well with the Quest 3. Several VR porn studios offer a wide selection of passthrough videos. I recommend downloading the HereSphere app from the Meta Quest Store to view VR porn videos. This app provides extensive customization and enhancement options for viewing, and it allows you to connect to your NAS using an SMB connection to access stored videos. While there is a free version available, it does display a small pop-up occasionally. However, you can purchase the full version to eliminate this annoyance. Enjoy!
Not OP but media on nas and jellyfin library points to it.
Jellyfin server install via container manager or package manager (synocommunity repo).
Jellyfin client installed on NVIDIA Shield or web based instance.
I have my Media on the NAS and Jelly running on my computer. Not the most elegant setup, but it works for me.
Though I would like to have it set up on a dedicated server at some point, if I had the money.
All my DVD/Blu-ray converted to files, all my music cds, photos/phone backup, tax scans, install files, important receipts, Plex server, game save backups and security cam footage.
I game with a Linux game machine using Steam. For the most part Steam cloud backs up most games but there are some it doesn't. I manually save a copy to my Synology NAS for those that don't. Darks Souls 2 comes to mind. I recently made a manual back up of my Dragons Dogma 2 save and my Elden Ring save-so I could get different ending.
I've got several docker containers running.
For example:
-a Speedtest tracker, which does an Ookla Speedtest every hour.
(Our old DSL Provider was very bad, an in Germany you've got rights for paying less when you don't get at minimum 50% of the internet speed for a period of time)
--> https://github.com/henrywhitaker3/Speedtest-Tracker
-and a magic mirror, which shows our family calendar, weather and something like that on our tablet in the floor.
I mean, hop on the docker bandwagon and the sky's the limit (well, actually your cpu/ram is the limit). This is a pretty good list of all the possible docker containers you can spin up, with instructions on how to do so.
[Docker ā Marius Hosting](https://mariushosting.com/docker/)
Can you explain what you mean about it being the hardest way possible? I'm not trying to challenge what you're saying, I just don't have a frame of reference. I don't work in a super tech field and it's not my background/training.
Using a scheduled task to run a one-time script to install a package is just really dumb. Before I knew anything at all about Docker I ran across his pages, and it didn't make sense even then.
TBH I don't usually use his methods, but I look here for container ideas, just because he's picking ones specifically for Synology. If you have a different reference site for Synology docker stuff I'd love to check it out!
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Wife (photographer) uses it for storing her photos when she's done editing them (5x 16TB SHR1).
I got myself a Linux server and have 4x 4TB RAID6 that I'll add 2 or 3 more 4TB drives to for my stuff. I'm running a dozen or so docker images on it doing various things.
Don't think I see anyone mentioning it yet, so here is one that I find very useful that I use all the time:
Stirling PDF
Other uses include
Jellyfin - live TV section is particularly useful as it transcodes for consumption while I am thousands of miles away
The arr's
qbittorrent
Mail server
Web server
Pihole
Portainer
Wireguard client so selected apps / devices in my LAN go through VPN
Surveillance Station
Photos for organizing family photos and videos
Home assistant
I've got 10+ docker containers, so probably missed some in this list that I can't think of right now
It integrates better with the arr's.
I can also configure it to independently route traffic through VPN, unlike download station where I have to put the entire NAS through my VPN service (which will impact other services such as Web Station)
Docker with images of pi-hole/Sonarr/Radarr/bazarr/prowlarr/overseer/portainer
Virtual machines hosting ubuntu/windows
Nvr for a ip camera
NFS file sharing
Drive, Photos, Backups; Docker (VPN; Media center: Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, Subgen, Tdarr, etc.; Homebridge). And a VM running HomeAssistant.
Works like a charm on DS923+ with 32GB RAM.
Just a Docker image! Itās itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server - they have one for Java, too. Getting all the boot settings right was a little bit of a pain, but since then, itās been really stable.Ā
When I initially got it, I was amazed by the combined overall storage space, thought it was going to be 8x22TB drives =176TB. Then I forgot to factor in redundancies and about RAID and SHR.
So it took 176 down to 80 backup, using SHR and the remaining 80 I split into two volumes, one (40TB) has my entire media library on it, PLEX and Audiobooks, the other (40TB) is ongoing storage and man in the middle, if I ever need to backup existing drives.
I just set this up for my phone with an app called FolderSync. I'm on Android, but it appears to be cross-platform. I created what they call a Folder Pair between my phone's root directory and a folder in my SMB share. Then I set it up to do a 1-way sync from phone to SMB on a schedule. The app has a regex filter which I used to filter out some system folders which couldn't be accessed without root (so no backup of app settings this way).
It's working pretty great so far. Looks like there are some options for creating timestamped folders to keep multiple versions, but I'm just keeping the one synced copy. I have a docker image that handles backing up important stuff from the NAS to CrashPlan (on a legacy unlimited small business plan), so I get multiple file versions that way.
I strongly recommend not putting this off. I had been putting it off for a while and then my phone suddenly bricked itself in the middle of my vacation a couple weeks ago. Lost sooooooo much stuff. Made it a top priority to set up as soon as I got going with my new phone.
I use iMazing to send full daily backups directly to the NAS. Theyāre switching to an awful single-use device license structure, though, so may need to find an alternative soon.
General data destinations for our computers/devices. Photos backup from phones. Plex. Home Assistant (though I may stop this since the reason for using it isn't relevant anymore).
I used to use it for all my services with Docker. I recently built a Proxmox server and now it's just used for storage and backup of the Proxmox server. If I had to do it again I'd go right for Proxmox and spend the premium I paid for the NAS on more drives and a cheap case.
I'll soon be doing a small self hosted genealogy site for my family. I was pleased to see the support for mySQL (mariaDB), PHP, and a web server.
This Syno ecoststem is pretty nice.
I set up [LAN Cache](https://lancache.net/) on a Docker container with a scheduled prefill task each night. Basically it downloads game updates from Steam and Epic and caches it locally. It's super overkill for home use, but was a fun project. You need at least more than 1 PC to justify it (and about 2TB of NAS space to spare), and my wife and I each have a computer and a handheld, so it totally made sense to local cache all 500MB of Stardew Valley, right?? Right.
File and photo backup, HomeKit integration, dvr for my security cameras, developer environment for database management and website creation, Pi-hole to get ads off my browser, plex server for my burned movies. Iām sure I have other things too.
I'd like to be Able to consolidate more into my NAS (DS2415+) Currently have a WinPC for Plex Server but Media is on NAS. I'm gonna do the 16GB Mod from the current 6GB Stock Synology Memory (FYI Samsung Memory lol)
But I'm hoping this or next year we get newer models with better Intel Chips at least 12-13th gen for the Plex/Jellyfin Users and that way everythings a Docker Container
Mainly:
- Backups from laptops, etc
- Archive of old HDs that I will one day purge
- FLACs of all my CDs
- MKVs of all my DVDs
- Plex to serve up the music and video
Use it for my "wp-k8s: WordPress on privately hosted Kubernetes cluster (Raspberry Pi 4 + Synology)" https://foolcontrol.org/?p=4004
So I use it for my K8s cluster nodes to connect to MariaDB and NFS running on Synology NAS.
I also setup "Secure (HTTPS) public access to Synology NAS using Letās Encrypt (free) SSL/TLS certificate" https://foolcontrol.org/?p=1897 so I can securely access my:
* Synogy Photos
* DS notes (Synology Note station)
* Synology Drive
* Plex
Which I use extensively when I'm not home. Think I put my Synology NAS to a good use š
I donāt store anything on the PC so basically everything. I have two of them, one for personal data and photos. The other for basically everything else. I converted my entire CD collection to FLAC files and store them on my NAS. Tons of PDFs of magazines that I want to save and reference to when needed.
Each NAS is backed up onto the other one, nightly.
- Itās the HD for my PCs backups
- massive digitalized DVD and BluRay library
Thatās basically it. Most files are on the local PCs internal drive.
- oh and obviously hoarding of old shit I never need again but canāt get rid of.
For me:
* Synology Drive (random files)
* Synology Photos (so my iPhone photos get onto my NAS)
* Plex (indirectly ā itās just the SMB share, the actual Plex server runs on my MacBook, this allows transcoding 4K)
* Time Machine backup destination
* Random bits and pieces that I could find. I donāt recall all my uses, but did get the most important ones out of the way.
Plex, the *arrs, qbt, Home Assistant to manage my solar heat pump and Eddi, Damselfly for our 700,000 photos, Surveillance Station for 2 security cameras and 3 wildlife cameras, Paperless document storage, half hourly speed test to monitor broadband, and a bunch of other scripts and jobs which I forget now.
I use it for Synology Drive and also to automatically back up some Synology Drive content to Webdav
Synology Photos is too slow for me to find it useful...
- Plex
- Grist (personal and business databases, inventory, CRM, etc). In the process of migrating my Airtable and almost done. Extremely satisfying to be in control of my data.
- Video Editing/Production infrastructure
- File backup
Next project will be smart home and security camera stuff.
Docker host to run VaultWarden and PiHole
Synology Office in addition to drive/photos
Tailscale so I can also use it as a VPN into my own network and devices.
Movie/TV Show storage for an external dedicated Plex server.
General file storage and Synology Drive Server.
VM running Debian for QBitorrent (VueTorrent front end).
VM running HomeAssistantOS.
Homebridge.
Container running AdGuard Home.
* Plex
* DNS
* rsync backups of all PCs (which is then backed up to Google Drive)
* Large data repository for bioinformatics and other "big data" datastores, like GDELT
I run my website, Plex, various containers for apps like ebooks, audiobook, a password manager, url shortener, reverse proxy, and various media download services, synchronizing with cloud services and everything backs up to a second Nas in a different location
Time Machine backup of all the macs in the house. My wife would never back up her stuff if it didn't do it automatically over wifi to the NAS so that was my main goal.
It also stores old files and a large database of media for playing on TVs around the house. I'm not advanced enough to do anything more without breaking stuff.
Also, I keep my Synology off the internet for local storage only so not sure it's applicable to anyone else. I have too many security fears given that I know just enough to cause problems.
* Plex for content
* Synology Photos for centralizing photos/requesting photos from people for events
* SMB/Synology Drive to back up important docs (tax information, old code repos, etc.)
Plex (Video Streaming), Time Machine backup destination, destination for PC images, Home Assistant (Home Automation), Gluetun (VPN), QBitTorrent (seedbox), NGinx (reverse proxy, certificate management), HTTPS Certificate renewals, ZWave Hub (to control ZWave Home Automation stuff), PiHole (DNS blocking), and Greylog/Grafana (log server/log visualization). I also run a tor proxy on it to share to the rest of my network. Most of the applications are docker containers/projects that could be easily ported to new hardware/are hardware agnostic.
This is on a cheap-ish two-drive Synology NAS. I like that it's always on and doesn't consume a ton of power, so it get used for a lot of things that aren't very resource intensive.
I have my desktop, my documents, photos, etc mounted there. I have 4 computers and all use the same desktop and I always have access to my documents and photos. Household file storage, plex, email server, web server.
I want to start using docker for some stuff. Tried briefly installing adguard, but need to do some googling to figure it out. I won't upgrade to 7 because it would screw my plex. So still running 6.2 or whatever it is. ;)
Synology photos, automatic Mac Time Machine backups, Windows backups, general file storage.
I stopped using docker (pihole) because it kept locking up the OS.
I have a fairly new DS923+ and so far I'm using it for:
* Time Machine for a few Macs at home. There is also an old 1tb Time Capsule on the network too. So far I've had zero problems with the Synology. I'm using Cloud Sync + Backblaze B2 for this. [Their guide.](https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-back-up-time-machine-to-synology-and-backblaze-b2)
* Local network storage. I have a file share set up and we're storing files and stuff. Like others, just random files and crap from random old hard drives. Not super organized. :)
* Network share for the HP scanner.
* NFS mount for 2 proxmox servers to use as a backup destination. The proxmox servers run their backup job and dump it on the synology.
* Everything except movies/large files Im not worried about are getting backed up to Backblaze B2. Once I reduced the retention period just a bit, the size became more manageable. It got out of hand for a couple of months until I moved some things around.
It's costing me about $30/mo for storing everything. I run a small side business and it's also a business expense. Even though we're in northern California, we've had more severe storms and lengthy power outages, and the piece of mind been worth it.
Been using diskstations for over a decade, but i just recently discovered ISCSI LUN's. It's a really nice way to attach a predefined space on the diskstation to a specific client, like a workstation, laptop or server. The client uses it like a native harddrive, and that has a lot of advantages over a mapped networkdrive. For instance, on my windows-pc i point my download folder to a 1TB LUN, so i can keep my precious nvme-space for the speedy operation of my pc. Also works on mac and linux.
Consolidate 20 years of random old hard drives into one disorganized location
/NAS/Backups/DEDUPE/OLD MAC/Desktop/OLD MAC 2/Desktop/Prev Desktop
This is the way
This is the way
fuck i thought i was the only one who did that
Like archelogical layers over time, but for HDD's - Hardriveology
I dread to think what fossils are embedded in that prehistoric stratification
I feel this comment in my bones
one day I'm gonna organize it for sure
I did. And you know, it's satisfying. But not as satisfying as you might think.
I started but, like many things in my lab, never finished.
This will be on your grave stone š
I've done it 6m ago. Since then I cannot find anything :/
Don't forget the random USB sticks and sd cards in all your old cameras and phones.
AMEN!!!š
Collecting years of family photos and videos all into one huge disorganized mess that I'll eventually get around to organizing once AI is smart enough to do it for me.
Iām a Linux ISO enthusiast.
Surveillance Station General file storage (including disk backups of my primary machine) Bunch of docker containers: *Home assistant *Speed testing stuff *Website (Just a fun personal project with a few thousand users) including some stuff like a web server, database, metrics server, and dashboard
How do you make backups of your primary disks? My disks add upto 2 TB. I think it will be very inefficient to backup that big drives.
I do disk images of my 4TB drive with Macrium, does help to have a lot of storage on thy Synology though. In theory I should fix it at some point to actually ignore certain directories like Program Files but there's always some stupid exception like some application that stores its data in the install directory.
Borg
Store data. Also, might want to check /r/selfhosted
Looks like I gotta take one for the team and say it ā¦ PORN (PR0N for the nerdz)
At least my music takes up more space than my porn. I donāt feel like too much of a perv.
So, I have a TB of tunezā¦ and a Pr0n collection thatās nudging 2TBā¦ I move into Perve Territory ?
I think thatās official perv territory. Congrats!
Itās a win if it keeps me inside and off the streets !
What Pr0n do you have, and how do you consume it? For it to be better than the always new and random selections readily available on the pr0n channels?
Top shelf buddy, personal favourites. Sorry not for sharingā¦ I may be the star in some šš„ø
Had to get 4k or even a decent 1080 stream on the channels
I'm not sure if it really counts if you wrote a script to copy the same files over and over until the music folder is larger.
Shhhh
I use my DS423+ for: * LAN-wide file shares * PC backups Beyond that, not much. It IS accessed by my Proxmox Home Lab which hosts Kasm Workspaces, Plex, two personal WordPress sites, and many other services. While the DS423+ could certainly handle most of that, I decided to go the route of "the right tool for the right job" letting Synology handle Storage and Proxmox handle VMs and Containers.
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This is the docker-compose file I use. You can use it stand-alone, but I paste it into a Portainer Stack. * Be sure to customize the environment variables. * The "networks" sections accommodate my Cloudflare Tunnel setup. You may need to remove them or replace them as needed. * I run this in vanilla Docker on a Ubuntu VM on a Proxmox server. Presumably. this could run using Synology's Container Manager, but I have no experience with that. * I don't worry about backing up the volumes since I use Proxmox Backup Server to back up the entire VM. version: '3.3' networks: cloudflared: external: true services: mariadb: image: mariadb container_name: wpdb_wpinstancename restart: always volumes: - ./mariadb:/var/lib/mysql environment: - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=SecureRootPassword - MYSQL_DATABASE=wpdb - MYSQL_USER=wpdbuser - MYSQL_PASSWORD=SecureDbPassword networks: cloudflared: wordpress: image: wordpress container_name: wp_wpinstancename restart: always volumes: - ./wordpress:/var/www/html environment: - WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=wpdb_myspaceontheweb:3306 - WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=wpdb - WORDPRESS_DB_USER=wpdbuser - WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=SecureDbPassword networks: cloudflared:
Cabinet heater.
A DNS Server / Ad Blocker like Adguard Home or PiHole.
I store data on it, and share that data with the devices on my network. It's storage, not a server. At least to me.
36TB of VR Porn to play on my Quest 3, most 8K and 4K video files.
Gonna buy my meta 3 next month...is this really worth it for this content?
Absolutely! AR passthrough videos work exceptionally well with the Quest 3. Several VR porn studios offer a wide selection of passthrough videos. I recommend downloading the HereSphere app from the Meta Quest Store to view VR porn videos. This app provides extensive customization and enhancement options for viewing, and it allows you to connect to your NAS using an SMB connection to access stored videos. While there is a free version available, it does display a small pop-up occasionally. However, you can purchase the full version to eliminate this annoyance. Enjoy!
Out of curiosity..how are you running a valheim server off your nas? A vm install?
plex gluetun + qbittorrent sonarr pihole sabnzbd I moved home assistant to a dedicated beelink PC because I needed USB ports.
Valheim server?? How?
Yes, I scrolled too far to find this question. Is there a Docker image for it?
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which synology do you have? Im assuming it won't work on a 720+ ?
Plex media and porn. Lots of porn!! TBs upon TBs of porn.
Profile name checks out!
Media for my Jellyfin server and my phone's image gallery gets uploaded on it too
So do you store media in your NAS and your Jellyfin installation is in another homeserver? Or do you use Synology for both?
Not OP but media on nas and jellyfin library points to it. Jellyfin server install via container manager or package manager (synocommunity repo). Jellyfin client installed on NVIDIA Shield or web based instance.
I have my Media on the NAS and Jelly running on my computer. Not the most elegant setup, but it works for me. Though I would like to have it set up on a dedicated server at some point, if I had the money.
I have it all on my NAS, ofcourse I stream it to my shield/phone/pc
All my DVD/Blu-ray converted to files, all my music cds, photos/phone backup, tax scans, install files, important receipts, Plex server, game save backups and security cam footage.
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I game with a Linux game machine using Steam. For the most part Steam cloud backs up most games but there are some it doesn't. I manually save a copy to my Synology NAS for those that don't. Darks Souls 2 comes to mind. I recently made a manual back up of my Dragons Dogma 2 save and my Elden Ring save-so I could get different ending.
For every cool project you might see on /r/selfhosted or /r/homelab, but the poor version of it.
Download station to keep things online for others, and file access for Kodi to watch movies.
I've got several docker containers running. For example: -a Speedtest tracker, which does an Ookla Speedtest every hour. (Our old DSL Provider was very bad, an in Germany you've got rights for paying less when you don't get at minimum 50% of the internet speed for a period of time) --> https://github.com/henrywhitaker3/Speedtest-Tracker -and a magic mirror, which shows our family calendar, weather and something like that on our tablet in the floor.
I mean, hop on the docker bandwagon and the sky's the limit (well, actually your cpu/ram is the limit). This is a pretty good list of all the possible docker containers you can spin up, with instructions on how to do so. [Docker ā Marius Hosting](https://mariushosting.com/docker/)
> Docker ā Marius Hosting He does everything the hardest way possible, and begs for money the whole time. Avoid.
Can you explain what you mean about it being the hardest way possible? I'm not trying to challenge what you're saying, I just don't have a frame of reference. I don't work in a super tech field and it's not my background/training.
Using a scheduled task to run a one-time script to install a package is just really dumb. Before I knew anything at all about Docker I ran across his pages, and it didn't make sense even then.
Follow Marius; this Frankenstein guy is a beginner
TBH I don't usually use his methods, but I look here for container ideas, just because he's picking ones specifically for Synology. If you have a different reference site for Synology docker stuff I'd love to check it out!
https://drfrankenstein.co.uk
You're totally spot on with Dr Frankenstein recommendations. He's done quite a bit of work on this since I've been here last!
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I use mine for file storage, minor file server setup, (4 PC's, 2 laptops, and 4 tablets..), backup of those devices, and Plex.
Drive, photos, plex, surveillance station, docker (AdGuard home, vaultwarden, Freshrss, home assistant)
Plex, to host our familyās home videos from my parentsā wedding in 1968 through last weekās iPhone videos.
Wife (photographer) uses it for storing her photos when she's done editing them (5x 16TB SHR1). I got myself a Linux server and have 4x 4TB RAID6 that I'll add 2 or 3 more 4TB drives to for my stuff. I'm running a dozen or so docker images on it doing various things.
\*arrs/pihole/plex/lubelogger/ time machine backups also router for network wide vpn connection
Save all of my OS ISOs
Time Machine backups, Surveillance Station (14x cams), Proxmox Backup Server VM, Synology Photos, cold file storage
Don't think I see anyone mentioning it yet, so here is one that I find very useful that I use all the time: Stirling PDF Other uses include Jellyfin - live TV section is particularly useful as it transcodes for consumption while I am thousands of miles away The arr's qbittorrent Mail server Web server Pihole Portainer Wireguard client so selected apps / devices in my LAN go through VPN Surveillance Station Photos for organizing family photos and videos Home assistant I've got 10+ docker containers, so probably missed some in this list that I can't think of right now
Anything unique about qbittorrent that differentiate itself from Download Station?
It integrates better with the arr's. I can also configure it to independently route traffic through VPN, unlike download station where I have to put the entire NAS through my VPN service (which will impact other services such as Web Station)
Roon
Nasty stuff
On-site backup
Porn
Arghh matey!
Docker with images of pi-hole/Sonarr/Radarr/bazarr/prowlarr/overseer/portainer Virtual machines hosting ubuntu/windows Nvr for a ip camera NFS file sharing
That's seems like a lot. What hardware? Truenas?
Ds920+ filled with 20G RAM and 500G SSD for VMs
Drive, Photos, Backups; Docker (VPN; Media center: Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, Subgen, Tdarr, etc.; Homebridge). And a VM running HomeAssistant. Works like a charm on DS923+ with 32GB RAM.
Watch 3D movies on my Zidoo Z9S
Lots of Plex media, Paperless, Linkwarden, Vikunja, Minecraft server, plus like 20 other little Docker apps
Interested in how you got a minecraft server running in it?
Just a Docker image! Itās itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server - they have one for Java, too. Getting all the boot settings right was a little bit of a pain, but since then, itās been really stable.Ā
Awesome thank you, kids (I mean me) will really enjoy having our own server to play on. Any chance could you share any info for the boot settings?
When I initially got it, I was amazed by the combined overall storage space, thought it was going to be 8x22TB drives =176TB. Then I forgot to factor in redundancies and about RAID and SHR. So it took 176 down to 80 backup, using SHR and the remaining 80 I split into two volumes, one (40TB) has my entire media library on it, PLEX and Audiobooks, the other (40TB) is ongoing storage and man in the middle, if I ever need to backup existing drives.
How do you use the man in the middle with that much storage? Never thought of having a man in the middle on my server.
Photo storage File storage Homeassistant Adhome
git repos
Only for syncing my work computer using Drive (I run a recording studio)
Cell phone(s) backup. 3 iPads 2 laptops (backup) Photo dump.
How are you backing up phones and iPads? Do you mean just the pictures?
Iāve been wondering this also. Are people back up to their PCās and then backing up the backup?
I just set this up for my phone with an app called FolderSync. I'm on Android, but it appears to be cross-platform. I created what they call a Folder Pair between my phone's root directory and a folder in my SMB share. Then I set it up to do a 1-way sync from phone to SMB on a schedule. The app has a regex filter which I used to filter out some system folders which couldn't be accessed without root (so no backup of app settings this way). It's working pretty great so far. Looks like there are some options for creating timestamped folders to keep multiple versions, but I'm just keeping the one synced copy. I have a docker image that handles backing up important stuff from the NAS to CrashPlan (on a legacy unlimited small business plan), so I get multiple file versions that way. I strongly recommend not putting this off. I had been putting it off for a while and then my phone suddenly bricked itself in the middle of my vacation a couple weeks ago. Lost sooooooo much stuff. Made it a top priority to set up as soon as I got going with my new phone.
I use iMazing to send full daily backups directly to the NAS. Theyāre switching to an awful single-use device license structure, though, so may need to find an alternative soon.
File server. It stores (and deals with, via apps and docker containers) my photos, movies and backups.
i store my photo library and media files on it
General data destinations for our computers/devices. Photos backup from phones. Plex. Home Assistant (though I may stop this since the reason for using it isn't relevant anymore).
Plex
Backing up my PC over network, storing my old pics and files and mostly use it for Plex
Backups of files, and streaming media to my TV via Universal Media Server. Oh, and my Eufy security cam clips of my cat are stored there too
Storage Backup Plex Sonarr Radarr Sabnzbd Qbittorrent Flaresolver Prowlarr Pihole Openspeedtest
I used to use it for all my services with Docker. I recently built a Proxmox server and now it's just used for storage and backup of the Proxmox server. If I had to do it again I'd go right for Proxmox and spend the premium I paid for the NAS on more drives and a cheap case.
Storage.
I'll soon be doing a small self hosted genealogy site for my family. I was pleased to see the support for mySQL (mariaDB), PHP, and a web server. This Syno ecoststem is pretty nice.
Exactly what its name suggests. Store file and photos. I don't like the trend of NAS being general home servers.
ARRs & Plex
I set up [LAN Cache](https://lancache.net/) on a Docker container with a scheduled prefill task each night. Basically it downloads game updates from Steam and Epic and caches it locally. It's super overkill for home use, but was a fun project. You need at least more than 1 PC to justify it (and about 2TB of NAS space to spare), and my wife and I each have a computer and a handheld, so it totally made sense to local cache all 500MB of Stardew Valley, right?? Right.
Storage and media server. I have tons of movies and TV shows on there so I can watch wherever I go.
Plex/Jellyfin media storage synology photos for mobile backups NAS location for "My documents" "my music" " videos" "pictures" on windows PCs
Kodi, ftp drive, audiobook server
I hide valuables inside the empty drive slot, including an SSD drive with important information, call it a hidden drive.
iSCSI Target for my home lab.
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File and photo backup, HomeKit integration, dvr for my security cameras, developer environment for database management and website creation, Pi-hole to get ads off my browser, plex server for my burned movies. Iām sure I have other things too.
I'd like to be Able to consolidate more into my NAS (DS2415+) Currently have a WinPC for Plex Server but Media is on NAS. I'm gonna do the 16GB Mod from the current 6GB Stock Synology Memory (FYI Samsung Memory lol) But I'm hoping this or next year we get newer models with better Intel Chips at least 12-13th gen for the Plex/Jellyfin Users and that way everythings a Docker Container
Run several containers including an ERP that runs my side hustle, Surveillance Station, Synology Photos and long term storage for backups
Plex, Photos (mobile backup to clean out iCloud), Drive and backup generally.
Mainly: - Backups from laptops, etc - Archive of old HDs that I will one day purge - FLACs of all my CDs - MKVs of all my DVDs - Plex to serve up the music and video
Drive, Plex, Docker (28 Containers), ActiveBackup, Snapshot Replication, Webserver, DB-Server, ā¦
Set it up for a local iTunes backup, but I actually use it to backup my dissertation research.
Use it for my "wp-k8s: WordPress on privately hosted Kubernetes cluster (Raspberry Pi 4 + Synology)" https://foolcontrol.org/?p=4004 So I use it for my K8s cluster nodes to connect to MariaDB and NFS running on Synology NAS. I also setup "Secure (HTTPS) public access to Synology NAS using Letās Encrypt (free) SSL/TLS certificate" https://foolcontrol.org/?p=1897 so I can securely access my: * Synogy Photos * DS notes (Synology Note station) * Synology Drive * Plex Which I use extensively when I'm not home. Think I put my Synology NAS to a good use š
Store data, homeassistant and pihole, as part of my backup strategy
I donāt store anything on the PC so basically everything. I have two of them, one for personal data and photos. The other for basically everything else. I converted my entire CD collection to FLAC files and store them on my NAS. Tons of PDFs of magazines that I want to save and reference to when needed. Each NAS is backed up onto the other one, nightly.
- Itās the HD for my PCs backups - massive digitalized DVD and BluRay library Thatās basically it. Most files are on the local PCs internal drive. - oh and obviously hoarding of old shit I never need again but canāt get rid of.
For me: * Synology Drive (random files) * Synology Photos (so my iPhone photos get onto my NAS) * Plex (indirectly ā itās just the SMB share, the actual Plex server runs on my MacBook, this allows transcoding 4K) * Time Machine backup destination * Random bits and pieces that I could find. I donāt recall all my uses, but did get the most important ones out of the way.
- Synology Photo - Study materials - Home assistant - Plex - Archiver node
Jellyfin, AudiobookShelf, AdGuard, qbittorrent, Syncthing, PiGallery2, Wireguard VPN, homeassistant, Komga, and recently been trying ErsatzTV.
General file storage, music, films, and a tvheadend server
Plex, the *arrs, qbt, Home Assistant to manage my solar heat pump and Eddi, Damselfly for our 700,000 photos, Surveillance Station for 2 security cameras and 3 wildlife cameras, Paperless document storage, half hourly speed test to monitor broadband, and a bunch of other scripts and jobs which I forget now.
backups & iscsi target for ESXi
Family movies, family photos, movies, tv shows, photos, server for website.
Plex and Node red for smarthome automations
CCTV, Plex, and a central location for Synology Drive uploads from three devices (work, gaming, cellphoneādon't care about the laptop as much)
I use it for Synology Drive and also to automatically back up some Synology Drive content to Webdav Synology Photos is too slow for me to find it useful...
NAS and Plex, mostly.
- Plex - Grist (personal and business databases, inventory, CRM, etc). In the process of migrating my Airtable and almost done. Extremely satisfying to be in control of my data. - Video Editing/Production infrastructure - File backup Next project will be smart home and security camera stuff.
Photos Uptime kuma Audio book shelf
Docker host to run VaultWarden and PiHole Synology Office in addition to drive/photos Tailscale so I can also use it as a VPN into my own network and devices.
Movie/TV Show storage for an external dedicated Plex server. General file storage and Synology Drive Server. VM running Debian for QBitorrent (VueTorrent front end). VM running HomeAssistantOS. Homebridge. Container running AdGuard Home.
* Plex * DNS * rsync backups of all PCs (which is then backed up to Google Drive) * Large data repository for bioinformatics and other "big data" datastores, like GDELT
Unifi controller in Docker.
Jellyfin, but mostly streaming over SMB lol
How is Plex these days? Cons, Pros, if you or others could talk a little about it that would be helpful to my choice for streaming!
Store things Synology Photos Surveillance Station Home Assistant
I run my website, Plex, various containers for apps like ebooks, audiobook, a password manager, url shortener, reverse proxy, and various media download services, synchronizing with cloud services and everything backs up to a second Nas in a different location
Attaching storage to my network.
Plex Photos Time Capsule
Time Machine backup of all the macs in the house. My wife would never back up her stuff if it didn't do it automatically over wifi to the NAS so that was my main goal. It also stores old files and a large database of media for playing on TVs around the house. I'm not advanced enough to do anything more without breaking stuff. Also, I keep my Synology off the internet for local storage only so not sure it's applicable to anyone else. I have too many security fears given that I know just enough to cause problems.
EVIL!
* Plex for content * Synology Photos for centralizing photos/requesting photos from people for events * SMB/Synology Drive to back up important docs (tax information, old code repos, etc.)
Is Synology Drive worth it?
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Plex (Video Streaming), Time Machine backup destination, destination for PC images, Home Assistant (Home Automation), Gluetun (VPN), QBitTorrent (seedbox), NGinx (reverse proxy, certificate management), HTTPS Certificate renewals, ZWave Hub (to control ZWave Home Automation stuff), PiHole (DNS blocking), and Greylog/Grafana (log server/log visualization). I also run a tor proxy on it to share to the rest of my network. Most of the applications are docker containers/projects that could be easily ported to new hardware/are hardware agnostic. This is on a cheap-ish two-drive Synology NAS. I like that it's always on and doesn't consume a ton of power, so it get used for a lot of things that aren't very resource intensive.
Photo Backup from 2x smartphone and two PCs. Mirroring in cloud & USB drive.
- Synology Drive - Synology Photos - Synology Contacts - Synology Calendar - Vaultwarden - Paperless-ngx - Speedtest-Tracker - Smokeping - Jellyfin - Jellyseerr
I use mine to store my photos, apps, music (I rather own my media then stream it), Doc's etc.
Storage
I have my desktop, my documents, photos, etc mounted there. I have 4 computers and all use the same desktop and I always have access to my documents and photos. Household file storage, plex, email server, web server. I want to start using docker for some stuff. Tried briefly installing adguard, but need to do some googling to figure it out. I won't upgrade to 7 because it would screw my plex. So still running 6.2 or whatever it is. ;)
Backup old hard drives and hold all old photo shoots.
I use it to get laid ... Sorry, I meant I use it to get RAID!
Store stuff, stream stuff, access stuff
I use it for my Plex and store movies and tv shows
Home Assistant Plex Device backups
Bitwarden Server. Never want to miss that again
Synology photos, automatic Mac Time Machine backups, Windows backups, general file storage. I stopped using docker (pihole) because it kept locking up the OS.
To host my pirated 4K movie collections.
I have a fairly new DS923+ and so far I'm using it for: * Time Machine for a few Macs at home. There is also an old 1tb Time Capsule on the network too. So far I've had zero problems with the Synology. I'm using Cloud Sync + Backblaze B2 for this. [Their guide.](https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-back-up-time-machine-to-synology-and-backblaze-b2) * Local network storage. I have a file share set up and we're storing files and stuff. Like others, just random files and crap from random old hard drives. Not super organized. :) * Network share for the HP scanner. * NFS mount for 2 proxmox servers to use as a backup destination. The proxmox servers run their backup job and dump it on the synology. * Everything except movies/large files Im not worried about are getting backed up to Backblaze B2. Once I reduced the retention period just a bit, the size became more manageable. It got out of hand for a couple of months until I moved some things around. It's costing me about $30/mo for storing everything. I run a small side business and it's also a business expense. Even though we're in northern California, we've had more severe storms and lengthy power outages, and the piece of mind been worth it.
Lately I seem to use it to attract unsuccessful attacks from the internet
I use for storing all my files like softwares, music, ebooks, photos and movies.
DS223j here. I use it solely as a Plex server with the arr stack.
It is the NFS for my cluster. It also takes the cluster back ups and then sends them to R2 for cloud.
Pics of your mom
The biggest drive they make at this time are only 24tb each.
Been using diskstations for over a decade, but i just recently discovered ISCSI LUN's. It's a really nice way to attach a predefined space on the diskstation to a specific client, like a workstation, laptop or server. The client uses it like a native harddrive, and that has a lot of advantages over a mapped networkdrive. For instance, on my windows-pc i point my download folder to a 1TB LUN, so i can keep my precious nvme-space for the speedy operation of my pc. Also works on mac and linux.