In 2017, we purchased a Synology DS716+II along with two Seagate IronWolf 8 TB hard drives, which we set up in the NAS as mirrored drives using RAID 1. Our plan was to store all our FLAC music, movies, photos, and more on it. We also installed the Plex Media Read more
When we decided to replace our PLEX server, which was running on our Synology DS716+II, we did some internet searches, which provided a shortlist of replacements. We really liked the look of Emby, it looked like an almost direct replacement for PLEX. The monthly fee presented the main stumbling block. Read more
This page is under construction On our “Replacing PLEX Media Server“ page, we partially explain why we wanted to move from PLEX as our own local streaming source. Another factor in our decision was that, at some point, our Synology DS716+II could suffer a hardware failure or not have the Read more