Okay guys I've been a happy NAS owner for nearly 3 weeks and I've a few thoughts that keep coming to mind that I want to try and clear up:
Oh I own a DS918+ with 4 x 3Tb Seagate IronWolf drives.......
1) NAS backups.
1a) At the moment I have attached to the NAS via USB3 a Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8 TB that is used to backup all shared folders & packages. This includes backing up TimeMachine folders Shadow files (Win PC) etc. Backup scheduling is every 2 hours from midnight each day. (1.35Tb. backed up)
1b) I'm also trialing the Synology C2 (Plan II) online backup system and using that I'm backing up critical 'user' folders only. I'm backing up every 4 hours from 00:30 until 20:30 daily. (98Gb backed up)
Questions are:
I'm using CloudSync to sync the OneDrive data to my NAS for backup purposes. When I initially set this up I set it as uni-directional from cloud to NAS only. I'm now considering making that bi-directional. If I make the change can I just switch it to bidirectional without risking any loss of data? Or is it better to delete the task, delete the data and then remake the task?
3) Media playback.......
Media playback is only used at home and for playing to the Apple TV 4K. Previously I had Plex set up on my Mac Mini as a media server, now I have the NAS I've set up both Plex (and trialing a Plex Pass) and Emby and have been comparing the two. Now from what I can see 99% of the usage I need I can get out of Plex and also Emby as both seen free to use with the Apple TV.
Emby seems better supported (forum etc), but the current server incarnation has memory issues. These will supposedly be resolved but at the moment the system is eating a lot of memory. Plex is as useful as ever but the 'film info' shown within the system is not as rich as that on Emby. Emby also seems to have issues finding TV shows that are not placed within a folder named for the show. Plex does not seem to have that issue.
So I'm wondering do I carry on testing Emby or move fully to Plex? I'm thinking the Plex Pass is not worthwhile or useful for me.
Oh I have tried Infuse 6 for playing back media but that has issues with some films with 7.1 sound and looks to throw the stream into VLC for playback.
4) UPS
I have a spare APC UPS that I was gifted from the office when it closed down. It looks like I can get a USB-A to USB-A cable and connect that to the NAS so it can manage it. Is this correct or is a special cable needed?
5) Switch
At the moment the NAS is plugged straight into the HomeHub 6 that BT provide that hub supports the home network and the Mac Mini is also plugged directly into it. I do have an 8 port Netgear ProSafe Gigabit switch (GS108), I'm wondering whether there would be any benefit of plugging the NAS and Mac into that and the switch in turn being plugged into the Hub.
Any thoughts on the above would be appreciated.......
Oh I own a DS918+ with 4 x 3Tb Seagate IronWolf drives.......
1) NAS backups.
1a) At the moment I have attached to the NAS via USB3 a Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8 TB that is used to backup all shared folders & packages. This includes backing up TimeMachine folders Shadow files (Win PC) etc. Backup scheduling is every 2 hours from midnight each day. (1.35Tb. backed up)
1b) I'm also trialing the Synology C2 (Plan II) online backup system and using that I'm backing up critical 'user' folders only. I'm backing up every 4 hours from 00:30 until 20:30 daily. (98Gb backed up)
Questions are:
- Should I increase the backup frequency scheduling for either / both?
- Is the C2 system overkill or worthwhile?
I'm using CloudSync to sync the OneDrive data to my NAS for backup purposes. When I initially set this up I set it as uni-directional from cloud to NAS only. I'm now considering making that bi-directional. If I make the change can I just switch it to bidirectional without risking any loss of data? Or is it better to delete the task, delete the data and then remake the task?
3) Media playback.......
Media playback is only used at home and for playing to the Apple TV 4K. Previously I had Plex set up on my Mac Mini as a media server, now I have the NAS I've set up both Plex (and trialing a Plex Pass) and Emby and have been comparing the two. Now from what I can see 99% of the usage I need I can get out of Plex and also Emby as both seen free to use with the Apple TV.
Emby seems better supported (forum etc), but the current server incarnation has memory issues. These will supposedly be resolved but at the moment the system is eating a lot of memory. Plex is as useful as ever but the 'film info' shown within the system is not as rich as that on Emby. Emby also seems to have issues finding TV shows that are not placed within a folder named for the show. Plex does not seem to have that issue.
So I'm wondering do I carry on testing Emby or move fully to Plex? I'm thinking the Plex Pass is not worthwhile or useful for me.
Oh I have tried Infuse 6 for playing back media but that has issues with some films with 7.1 sound and looks to throw the stream into VLC for playback.
4) UPS
I have a spare APC UPS that I was gifted from the office when it closed down. It looks like I can get a USB-A to USB-A cable and connect that to the NAS so it can manage it. Is this correct or is a special cable needed?
5) Switch
At the moment the NAS is plugged straight into the HomeHub 6 that BT provide that hub supports the home network and the Mac Mini is also plugged directly into it. I do have an 8 port Netgear ProSafe Gigabit switch (GS108), I'm wondering whether there would be any benefit of plugging the NAS and Mac into that and the switch in turn being plugged into the Hub.
Any thoughts on the above would be appreciated.......