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NAS hardware / software advice - Enquiries - 08-12-2025
Looking to have a home NAS to store, and stream from - music, video (films and old TV series), ebooks.
Hardware: music and video seem to take a considerable amount of space, so size (and expandability) important. Also backup - bigger space means bigger backup space needed. Starting to sound expensive!
Software: believe software like Jellyfin can stream music and video (?), but I need ability to run 'Docker' on NAS. Calibre I think has ability to be installed remotely.
Queries/recommendations:
Hardware: thinking a bought (rather than 'build it yourself'
system, but which make & models? Synology seems to be restricting HDD types; still worth considering, or are there better alternatives?Software:
Installing/configuring software like this, and especially the 'network' side (all port numbers!), confuses me - are there any guides that can help? Is it a case of scouring YouTube? If others can do it, it can't be that difficult!
Any advice / pointers welcome.
Thank you!