• theangryseal@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Care to fill me in on what that’s about?

        I could Google it, and I’ll do that if you tell me I’m a moron and that’s what I should do. I don’t want to be an imposition, I’d just rather hear from someone who know what they’re doing firsthand.

        • 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works
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          4 months ago

          No worries. NAS is “network attached storage”. It’s just a small computer that with a handful of hard drives that are exposed to your network.

          In the current context, it’s a suggestion to host your own media and access it via Plex or Jellyfin.

          But it can do far more than that. It’s a great place to backup photos and your other computers. Synology also comes with a lot of pretty great software out of the box, including a full replacement for Google’s “office” suite.

          I started with the 5-bay model and it’s been serving me great for years.

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          4 months ago

          Na. It just shows a warning, but it doesn’t have any effect. Annoying, but not enough to change my mind about them. I’ve got two units and both have been rock solid.