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…The server tying your network together should be smarter It really feels like my NAS has a brain now. Instead of just storing everything, it can give me details about its operations…
…My NAS started out as a file dumping ground, then doubled as a Plex server for streaming my movie collection . Eventually, it occurred to me that ROMs are just files, too, so…
…Sure, Plex does still win on the out-of-the-box remote streaming experience, and sometimes the ease is worth paying for. But if you already have a home server, NAS, or…
…I configured it, and since I already had videos on my NAS, instead of copying them over to the server, I mounted the NAS on the server and used it as the…
…I started my Plex server on my first NAS this way too, but just a few months later, that pristine directory devolved into a wasteland of dumped files, incorrectly named folders, random…
…NAS from being just a storage server to something a little more powerful than that. What started off as experimenting with tools like Immich and Plex through Docker on my Synology NAS…
…Meanwhile, the Plex server I use is hosted on a VPS. When I started exploring self-hosting in 2025, however, I realized that my NAS could serve as the perfect device for…
…I didn't like having to rely on Plex's cloud infrastructure for login and authentication. Although I've never experienced a time when Plex's servers weren't flawless in this…
…Three subscriptions, three self-hosted replacements The easy part I was using Plex even when I hadn’t built my home Debian server . It was hosted on my old Synology NAS, and…
…You could buy a mini PC or SBC and set up Jellyfin or Plex , or you could buy a NAS that handles not only your storage but also your self-hosted stack…
