NAS recommendations.

[LustyLew]

Morning,

I'm looking to consolidate a lot of my DVD collection. Especially the TV box sets I've accumulated over the years.

Looking to get a NAS as my LG TV supports Plex, so as far as I understand I should be able to use that to access a NAS?

Any recommendations? Something simple to set up would be ideal!

[MarJay]

I have an old LG NAS and a Synology. The Synology cost a bomb and includes 6TB of storage. The LG is better built with more mature software and a faster interface. The Synology is easier to set up, and has more storage.

It is however put together like a cheap Chinese knock off Nintendo clone. I'm actually very disappointed after being recommended them over and over. It does what it says on the tin, and does meet the reccomendations of people, but I'm sad that it looks like a piece of pressed steel with a plastic box.

It's probably just the standard of things these days though, as the LG is over fifteen years old now (and they don't make 'em any more!!).
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[stinkwheel]

I'd go for building a web-server using a Pi and a fast HDD. Versatile, expandable. Can be used as a web server if you want one (host your own photos), NAS (in that you would be able to connect directly to it locally as a server) and you could set it up to VPN into it remotely from other devices. Watch your DVDs at work or when on holiday.

I looked into doing this after the photobucket debacle. Never did in the end but it didn't seem particularly tricky or expensive. Two things to spend money on are a good HDD with a fast retrieve speed and a decent quality powered USB hub.
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[t121anf]

stickwheel's advice is the better option.

I started with a NAS and soon realised how limiting it was, moved to a HP Microserver (4 3.5" HDD bays and 2 2.5" SSDs where the DVD should be). I use Windows for ease* and naturally it can do anything Windows can. I still have the NAS but it's for backups only.

*with Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 coming to end of support I'll be revisiting Linux.

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The question is though...Do you need it backing up or not?
The number of people I know now who put their entire life on a 6TB or so system then lose a drive with no backup or fault tolerance in place is growing.

Remember the old saying about putting all your eggs in one feck off basket? DVD and box sets might be OK, but some people forget the value a digital music collection can run up to if it's made up of legit downloads.
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[stinkwheel]

[LustyLew]

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[t121anf]

I have backups of backups and then cloud backups.

Only thing missing is offsite backup of non-important stuff.

[Pjay]

I have a couple of 128GB MicroSD cards that I purchased from Amazon to keep my important stuff backed up and stored away. I also have a 100GB Google Drive that holds most important of it (in passworded rar files) and I also have a 5TB external drive stored away with my music and movies on it.

I've not lost any data in a long while, everything I have is backed up at least once.
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