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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