…Just don't depend on the phone for live transcoding. That requires more processing power and access to hardware acceleration. I use the same environment to run several lighter services alongside Jellyfin…
…There are updates, monitoring, network settings, backups, and the inevitable moment when a service stops working, and you have to remember which machine it even lives on. One extra mini PC is…
…First, Jellyfin moved over because the NAS was already where the media lived. Then a few supporting services followed because it made less sense to keep them scattered across other hardware. Before…
…This is my "live" storage. Everything else gets moved elsewhere. Old projects, completed freelance work, large video files, downloaded resources, and travel photos no longer need to live in Google Drive forever…
…I ran 17 different containers for my self-hosted services. Some of them have fairly complex setups. For example, Immich, Jellyfin, and Nextcloud were hosted on my server, but their media lived…
…Sure, it provides some level of protection in case of drive failure, but it won’t help in situations like a power surge or a natural disaster. The best NAS upgrade you…
…Each service still needed some attention, and I still had to think about folders, ports, and updates. But it all lived in a predictable shape, and that predictability made the NAS feel…
…I had to say that Jellyfin was running in Docker on my NAS, Pi-hole lived inside a Proxmox LXC, and some of my services depended on fixed local addresses. Then I…
…My home lab was included in that, even though it hosts a handful of important services . I didn't have time to get things fully back online until recently, and it wasn…
…own apps and services. That's convenient, but it also means your printer may be more connected than you really want it to be. For a machine that lives in a private…