I'd like input on how some of you store, consume & protect your media. I have a rather limited knowledge of hardware and also limited floor space & plugs in my surge protector. My current PC has 2 2TB internal hard drives and no Wi-Fi Card from when it was rebuilt 2yrs ago.

Basically, I want something I can store a LOT of video (let's say 10T+), stream it to my devices, have some type of backup of the material and protection from power failures.

I've heard many terms like Media Server, NAS, Raid, UPS & services like Sync.com, etc. and have tried sorting through various videos on YouTube but it just confuses me more.

Any positive responses would be most appreciated!

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Hop over to !selfhosted@lemmy.world and I'm sure there's reading material in the sidebar.

If you want most of the work done for you, I'd just buy a Synology unit.

[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I've used one of those Synology devices for something at work and really liked the interface and all that, everything worked well and without issues and with minimal admin required (which is my main issue, i don't really wanna admin stuff in my free time), but will that work when what you want is to set up a NAS media server thing full of downloaded stuff despite being a commercial thing that may or may not phone home at some point in our sad enshittocene? I do believe it works for this but haven't heard much in this community related to this, it's usually people advocating to set up a normal machine as a NAS

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 7 months ago

with minimal admin required (which is my main issue, i don't really wanna admin stuff in my free time)

that's actually one of my fave recent things they give up with their security reports and points out I installed Entware (aka Optware for alt devices) even thou it's not been used. They're nifty things

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