In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about running backups and a home server — Synology setups, apps, and more!

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Show Notes

2:03 - What is it?

A little headless computer

5:07 - Drives

WD Red or Seagate Ironwolf — They are loud, you can put SSDs in them, but it’s $$

6:25 - RAID

11:17 - Power

Backup
Time Machine over the network
You can upgrade the memory
SSDs

22:40 - Backing up your Backups

Mirror folders to Backblaze B2
Slow, but worth it

30:53 - Apps

Plex + Emby
Storage Analyzer
Docker - anything really
Node js ;)
Security cameras
Pi-hole or custom DNS server
Moments
Drive

Links

Screenflow
Synology
DS918+
DS219+
WD Red Drives
Seagate Iron Wolf
Govee Thermometer
Now
Squizzy
Backblaze B2
Plex
Emby
Storage Analyzer
DaisyDisk
Docker
Node.js
Raspberry Pi
Dokku
Synology vs Blue Iris
Moments app
Pi-hole
Discourse

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