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

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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