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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