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2025-01-15 at 11:50 PM UTCI mean what makes it different from a regular HDD?
also it has RAM built in. when I plug it in (external in my case) is it just like a Western Digital Drive and has backup built in or what. I mean what the fucking fuck. WHAT? I DONT GET THIS
and cloud server? So I can run my own domain from my house instead of running it from a server I pay? how do you tell the domain to connect with your home server?
better yet, does the home server need to run on a Static IP or can a Dynamic do it with some other type of address link to assure you're always going to connect to it -
2025-01-15 at 11:53 PM UTCThese are all good questions.
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2025-01-15 at 11:56 PM UTC
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2025-01-16 at 12:09 AM UTCIt's a file-server for your local network, or you can expose it to the internet and access the files when you are away from home as well. it has RAM because it's an entire computer - it's just specially constructed/configured for that purpose. why do you want it instead of a USB hard drive?
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2025-01-16 at 12:18 AM UTCYeah, generally just plug it in your router/switch.
Visit the IP:Port from your PC, finish the setup.
You can just use it for file hosting, but also run services on it to as ACP mentioned, it is a computer.
Iv never publicly expose mine though. -
2025-01-16 at 12:39 AM UTCdoes it require for you to purchase a static IP from your provider if they (like most cable companies) push a dynamic on you?
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2025-01-16 at 12:40 AM UTCDynamic DNS solves the static IP issue.
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2025-01-16 at 12:41 AM UTCIf local, it is assigned by DHCP, just like your your PC gets a local IP.
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2025-01-16 at 12:48 AM UTCso much to learn. I guess it's the best thing for backing up photos of fam
solid state disks like SD or tf cards don't hold data for more than 5 years they say
I'm seeing files missing. like what the fuck happens to them. especially when they're hidden.
CDs are no better.
I dont have 8 ter of shit but yeah, if I went back to 3D files the files are small but the saved data of mesh-modeling and adding effects add up into gigs
i'm le'tired -
2025-01-16 at 3:52 AM UTC
Originally posted by Landy Pamm I mean what makes it different from a regular HDD?
it's got its own minimal computer so you don't need to have anything else running to access it. it'll get its own IP when you plug it into your router and you'll usually be able to configure it from :80 and access the files on it from windows explorer using cifs or smb or whatever.
Originally posted by Landy Pamm also it has RAM built in. when I plug it in (external in my case) is it just like a Western Digital Drive and has backup built in or what. I mean what the fucking fuck. WHAT? I DONT GET THIS
it has RAM because it's basically just a minimal computer meant to handle the harddrives and present them so you can access them from your laptop or phone over the local network.
Originally posted by Landy Pamm and cloud server? So I can run my own domain from my house instead of running it from a server I pay? how do you tell the domain to connect with your home server?
typically they'll set you up with a subdomain on their site, so wozny.synology.nas points back to your home network. if you have a static ip it'll use that, otherwise it'll run a ddns updater on the nas itself. you still need to set up port forwarding and firewalls -
2025-01-16 at 7:35 PM UTC
Originally posted by ner vegas it's got its own minimal computer so you don't need to have anything else running to access it. it'll get its own IP when you plug it into your router and you'll usually be able to configure it from :80 and access the files on it from windows explorer using cifs or smb or whatever.
it has RAM because it's basically just a minimal computer meant to handle the harddrives and present them so you can access them from your laptop or phone over the local network.
typically they'll set you up with a subdomain on their site, so wozny.synology.nas points back to your home network. if you have a static ip it'll use that, otherwise it'll run a ddns updater on the nas itself. you still need to set up port forwarding and firewalls
thanks for simplifying it for me. I might buy one. just out of curiosity how long is a HDD able to keep data without it becoming curupted. I mean I'm told the Cloud uses multiple place and saves files all over the place or even parts of the files code in separate locations to download faster in packets? something like that. they basicly overkill how many times your files are stored.
this would make it logically more dependable. I should hard print all my photos but fucking hell that would take a long fucking time and a lot of ink
many of them turned a weird yellowing (rust?) in the older 1970s and 80s photos
I would like to do an Upscale on older photos but not have them come out looking super airbrushed.
I got free online software i can log into and utilize when I bought a new Astro Camera (Piece of shit at night photos but pretty sweet for daytime photos. But I even with the polarize filter I can't get a sharp image of the moon.) -
2025-01-16 at 8:43 PM UTCWith most NAS you can have a RAID setup, where you have two (or more) harddrives that mirror each other, this help against corruption cases. Though, you would need to double the space you wanted in order to do this.
If only looking to host photos, maybe cloud would be a better solution. -
2025-01-16 at 9:18 PM UTCthis is my synology NAS
it has 40 TB of disc space in RAID-SHR between 4 hard drives, 16 GB RAM, fast 2.5 GB ethernet card,
i run the following containers:
i also host https://dumbway.xyz, a debian virtual machine, automatic photo backup on all my devices, plex server for all my media being accessible anywhere in the world (for me and my loved ones), and i like the peace of mind of being in control of my data and not having some third party cloud storage service looking at my stuff. it has encryption enabled folders built in that will auto-delete with enough wrong password attempts. im also hosting a pihole ad-blocking DNS server so when i connect to my home network (even remotely via VPN) i will get all ads blocking enabled automatically with zero config.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2025-01-16 at 11:15 PM UTC
Originally posted by TAP WATER ENJOYER With most NAS you can have a RAID setup, where you have two (or more) harddrives that mirror each other, this help against corruption cases. Though, you would need to double the space you wanted in order to do this.
If only looking to host photos, maybe cloud would be a better solution.
yeah one of them said 8t and raid free (i guess you have to register and it normally costs but this one is free raid. comes with a key?) -
2025-01-17 at 12:29 AM UTC
Originally posted by igbo this is my synology NAS
it has 40 TB of disc space in RAID-SHR between 4 hard drives, 16 GB RAM, fast 2.5 GB ethernet card,
i run the following containers:
i also host https://dumbway.xyz, a debian virtual machine, automatic photo backup on all my devices, plex server for all my media being accessible anywhere in the world (for me and my loved ones), and i like the peace of mind of being in control of my data and not having some third party cloud storage service looking at my stuff. it has encryption enabled folders built in that will auto-delete with enough wrong password attempts. im also hosting a pihole ad-blocking DNS server so when i connect to my home network (even remotely via VPN) i will get all ads blocking enabled automatically with zero config.
Nice, used it as a local plex, havent done much else outside of running a few docker containers.
Dont remember the storage splace.
Originally posted by Landy Pamm yeah one of them said 8t and raid free (i guess you have to register and it normally costs but this one is free raid. comes with a key?)
So you dont want RAID?
What key?
Just get a Synology NAS
If wanting to preserve against corruption, setting up the raid will be part of the setup.
Keep in mind, double up the space.
If you want 8t, buy two of em.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2025-01-17 at 12:33 AM UTC
Originally posted by TAP WATER ENJOYER Nice, used it as a local plex, havent done much else outside of running a few docker containers.
Dont remember the storage splace.
So you dont want RAID?
What key?
Just get a Synology NAS
If wanting to preserve against corruption, setting up the raid will be part of the setup.
Keep in mind, double up the space.
If you want 8t, buy two of em.
I saw another one with 40t
I mean I do want RAID but i was asking if raid is something that normally cost to register? -
2025-01-17 at 1:42 AM UTCRAID is just a way to present multiple physical drives as a single volume
so if you have 4tb + 4tb + 4tb + 4tb drives, if you set the nas device up with RAID 0 it'll just appear to be one big 16tb volume
there are different RAID configurations but you can look that up if you wantThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2025-01-17 at 2:12 AM UTC
Originally posted by ner vegas RAID is just a way to present multiple physical drives as a single volume
so if you have 4tb + 4tb + 4tb + 4tb drives, if you set the nas device up with RAID 0 it'll just appear to be one big 16tb volume
there are different RAID configurations but you can look that up if you want
OK. so it will just exchange automatically between the 4 and see as a collection of blocks as one solid drive? -
2025-01-17 at 8:24 PM UTCRAID 0 is just two drives into one bigger drive. No backup copy of any data, but is stored all fancylike (striping?).
RAID 1 is where a drive is copied 1:1 on an identical drive, in case one gets furked there’s a full copy. This only needs two drives, but cuts storage in half.
All the other RAIDs (3,5,10,etc) are for multiple drives, more in servers and the likes.
Considering costs of HDDs, NAS, power used, learning curve, and necessity, I’d say ya should look at getting 2 quality HDDs in a 2-bay NAS & run as RAID1
Or just get all 6.3milliom of yer pics printed (color, glossy) on some rando business account at FedEx and sign as Berry McKochener. (Best option for archival) -
2025-01-17 at 10:19 PM UTC
