Synology vs QNAP: the NAS argument we keep having
This argument shows up in every homelab forum thread eventually, and both sides are right, which is the annoying part. A QNAP TVS-951X NAS.…
root@labs:~$ tail -f blog.log
media-server
NAS, media servers, and the automation stack that feeds them.
The Arr stack, explained without the acronym soup
The names sound like a pirate convention. Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Jackett, Bazarr. Once you know what each one does it stops being confusing and…
Jellyfin vs Plex: which one actually runs in our lab
Every homelab eventually asks this question. You get a media library going, you want to watch it on a TV that isn’t hooked to…
Plex tripled its price. Jellyfin’s founders just walked. Here’s where that leaves us.
Two things happened to home media servers this summer, and neither one changes what’s running on our NAS, but they’re both worth talking about,…