[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Any models of DAS that you recommend? Looking for a 4-Bay

Edit: Would security flaws be an issue for something like a DAS though? The DAS wouldn't have anything running on it. It would just be a big ol' dumb external HDD. Right?

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago

I had been planning on running Jellyfin in parallel for testing but haven't gotten around to it. Plex has been reliable for me. And I really enjoy Plexamp.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago

It's just what I've been using for so long. And I have a lifetime Plex Pass.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

No reason other than price. Everything I see listed for Synology is a NAS setup.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

I may go down the DAS path then. I was eyeing a QNAP 4-Bay DAS. Perhaps a NAS later on if I'm in need of a home network storage solution that is a bit cleaner and user friendly.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

USB speed? Everything has been completely fine with the USB enclosure I have it running on right now.

I'm not doing any backups with this setup. This would solely be for media that will be streamed through Plex. While having a drive fail will be annoying, it wouldn't be catastrophic as nothing personal or important would be stored here. I would rely on the Arr setup to rebuild.

Honestly, I'm just trying to squeeze out any HDD space I can use. I'm trying to keep the cost down where I can.

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Looking for some advice on my journey to expand my local storage. Currently, I have a mini PC running my Arr setup with Plex and I have an external enclosure with a HDD connected through USB. I can reliably push 4K to my Android TV. This is the system's only use and purpose.

I need to continue to be able to Hardlink files so that I can seed back while Arr programs are sorting and renaming for Plex.

I'm not too concerned with a file backup solution or relying on this setup for sharing important files across my home network.

Would a DAS be sufficient for this? Is there any reason I should avoid this and invest in a NAS solution?

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago

Not the user above. But I find Stremio to be a way better experience overall. It's more convenient and quicker to get to what I want to watch. I've been off Netflix for a while, but there were times where the Continue Watching section would just be gone. I'd have to search for the show again and resume. The more services you replace with Stremio, the more convenient it becomes.

I have not looked into offline playback with Stremio so I'm not sure if that's a thing.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

I've had Shift+W programmed to my thumb button. Way more relaxed way to sprint in most games.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago

Not going to down vote you for disagreeing. I think the frustrations stem from the constant closure of apps. Whether it makes sense or not, it is annoying getting invested into a service and then it gets pulled away. I would say it's essentially inevitable that any app or service you use today will lose support at some point. Google has a track record now of closing apps fairly early. I'm already finding that YouTube Music is getting features that I have no interest in using.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 10 months ago

My Mastodon feed is pretty dry. Does anyone have any follow recommendations for active accounts that post about tech stuff Or pictures of critters?

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Play Music pulled me away from my alternative sources of music. I used to keep a gigantic library of acquired music. I'm going back to old means now that YouTube music seems to be going down weird routes and adding functions that absolutely do not benefit me. Samples and comments? No thanks.

Only thing keeping me subscribed is YouTube premium. I watch a lot of YouTube content.

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What's the best practice for keeping everything behind a VPN? I'm running Ubuntu and have PIA installed outside of Docker. I want to for sure run qBittorrent and Prowlarr through a VPN. I was able to set up Gluetun and connect my containers to it.

I'd like to mirror my Windows set up with PIA installed, kill switch enabled, qBittorrent assigned to PIA network adapter only. I'm not sure how the network adapters work when qBittorrent is inside a container and PIA is outside.

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I'm very new to Docker and Linux in general. My goal was to make my own server mainly for Plex. Now that I've got that running with the help of Dockstarter, I'm looking to branch out and I want to make sure my system is secure. I'm also running Ubuntu 'cause I for sure couldn't get this far with Terminal alone.

I use Private Internet Access as my VPN and I have it installed on my desktop environment. I've also been able to reroute my qBittorrent in a container through another container with Gluetun.

My prior setup is a Windows machine with PIA, kill switch enabled, qBit assigned to PIA adapter only.

So my question: What is more secure, PIA running on Ubuntu with a kill switch or tunneling each container through Gluetun?

I would like it to mirror my Windows setup but I couldn't figure out the network adapter situation with qBit.

[-] lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 11 months ago

A developer wanting to get something in return for their work is a reason. It's also an option for the user. Sync offers a one time payment for Ad Free and for their "Plus" features. It also has the option for a monthly subscription.

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