updated the black and white I had before with some color to make it pop a bit but still simple line / geometry symbols and stuff. it's been so cool customizing things! I'm probably going to keep tinkering for days and weeks but I like it a lot. I share my server with friends/family rn.
Hi everyone!
I’m fairly new to the world of self-hosting, and I’m hoping to find someone who might be willing to help me get certain things running smoothly on my Synology DS425+. I have Volume1 for my SSD NVMe running my PlexMediaServer database, as well as Container Manager (Docker). Volume2 is where my actual movie files live. I've used Synology and Plex since 2019 and want to get into the arr-apps and automated things.
I learn much better through hands-on guidance than by reading through text-heavy guides with my 'tism (people have directed me to the Trash Guides). Unfortunately, Discord groups weren't a big help as they wanted to do web based chat for support, and since I'm starting from scratch, I don't think that's very productive (spending hours chatting back and forth instead of live assistance, getting it done quickly and efficiently). I’ve had a bit of a rough time recently—I had an issue with another tool, Agregarr, that ended up forcing me redo my Plex library, and I’m really hoping to avoid repeating that experience. I spent 7 hours reading over things and still managed to almost ruin my basic setup, frustrating to say the least!
I want to set things up the right way the first time, specifically for my folder structure (given I have 2 volumes) Radarr, a VPN, and qBittorrent, along with any other best practices you might suggest. 🥹
I know how much work goes into maintaining these systems, and I’m more than happy to pay for your time and expertise to walk me through the initial setup. If you have the bandwidth for a screen-share session, I’d love to learn the ropes from someone experienced so I can feel confident managing and troubleshooting things on my own moving forward. 🙏
*You must have experience in setting these things up.* Hourly rate is $30/hr, though I imagine it would take no more than 3 hours, if that. Potentially more based on experience and how quickly you can help get this off the ground.
I’m based in the US (CST time zone). If you’re open to helping, please feel free to send me a message directly!
Hi everyone!
I’m fairly new to the world of self-hosting, and I’m hoping to find someone who might be willing to help me get certain things running smoothly on my Synology DS425+. I have Volume1 for my SSD NVMe running my PlexMediaServer database, as well as Container Manager (Docker). Volume2 is where my actual movie files live. I've used Synology and Plex since 2019 and want to get into the arr-apps and automated things.
I learn much better through hands-on guidance than by reading through text-heavy guides with my 'tism (people have directed me to the Trash Guides). Unfortunately, Discord groups weren't a big help as they wanted to do web based chat for support, and since I'm starting from scratch, I don't think that's very productive (spending hours chatting back and forth instead of live assistance, getting it done quickly and efficiently). I’ve had a bit of a rough time recently—I had an issue with another tool, Agregarr, that ended up forcing me redo my Plex library, and I’m really hoping to avoid repeating that experience. I spent 7 hours reading over things and still managed to almost ruin my basic setup, frustrating to say the least!
I want to set things up the right way the first time, specifically for my folder structure (given I have 2 volumes) Radarr, a VPN, and qBittorrent, along with any other best practices you might suggest. 🥹
I know how much work goes into maintaining these systems, and I’m more than happy to pay for your time and expertise to walk me through the initial setup. If you have the bandwidth for a screen-share session, I’d love to learn the ropes from someone experienced so I can feel confident managing and troubleshooting things on my own moving forward. 🙏
I’m based in the US (CST time zone). If you’re open to helping, please feel free to send me a message directly!
After reading on here, I've seen the debates between cache/storage for the NVMe.
I would like to get a 1TB NVMe for the DS425+ that will only have my Plex app, Docker, and the metadata / data base stuff on, with all my actual movie files on the HDDs.
But they look to be about $300 on Newegg and others for TLC (not QLC) type with 600TBW.
If you've installed a 1TB SSD NVMe for a Synology NAS and use it as a volume for Plex storage, can you give me recommendations for ones that might be cheaper?
Right now I'm eye balling MZ-V9P1T0B/AM and CT1000P5PSSD8 these two models. One from Samsung and the other from Crucial.