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I’m about to cancel everything and buy a good vpn service.
And a good NAS. It’s worth every penny.
https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/nas_selector
Isn't Synology having issues because they expect you to use specifically their drives?
Na. It just shows a warning, but it doesn’t have any effect. Annoying, but not enough to change my mind about them. I’ve got two units and both have been rock solid.
Yes, apparently they remove features if you don't use synology-branded drives.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds
Care to fill me in on what that’s about?
I could Google it, and I’ll do that if you tell me I’m a moron and that’s what I should do. I don’t want to be an imposition, I’d just rather hear from someone who know what they’re doing firsthand.
No worries. NAS is “network attached storage”. It’s just a small computer that with a handful of hard drives that are exposed to your network.
In the current context, it’s a suggestion to host your own media and access it via Plex or Jellyfin.
But it can do far more than that. It’s a great place to backup photos and your other computers. Synology also comes with a lot of pretty great software out of the box, including a full replacement for Google’s “office” suite.
I started with the 5-bay model and it’s been serving me great for years.