NAS

Kajiimagi said:

Ok fam need some recommendations. I have the Nvidia shield pro and the 20tb drive. I reformatted the 20tb drive as ex_fat. What documentation I can find for the shield (not sure it's current as it shows a different remote entirely and a game controller) says I can mount the 20tb drive as internal storage and the shield will encrypt it. I assume that means if I unplug it and move it to another PC it will not be able to read/write. I want to be able to put the shield in my living room with the drive also in the living room attached to the shield and be able to read/write (add movies / shows) via my hard wire network. Will that work with the drive just mounted or do I need to format it as internal storage? I'm going to faff about with it tomorrow, tonight is for video games/ football.
Thanks in advance

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You didn't say specifically, but you said it was an Elements drive up above; isn't that the one with network connectivity? If so, a switch solves all of your problems.

If it is USB only, then I have no idea. I've never heard about the encrypting thing so that's a new one for me. It has been a long time since I dealt with fat32, but doesn't it have a file size limit? That's going to be an issue unless all you ever download are xvid or x265 versions of movies. Like I said, nothing of mine is formatted fat32, but it is all network attached, so if you have that option I would take it instead of direct connect. Any speed difference likely won't be noticeable. Hell, I'm not even sure the latest Shield has the highest level of USB, it has been so long. Wish they would make a new one, I'd buy it the day it released, even though my old one works great.

Kajiimagi said:

I found a video last night and I'm trying it shortly. It was specifically to set up the shield as a NAS. Not sure why you are saying fat32, I formatted the WD drive as ex_fat, it let me use the entire drive space. Anyhow will report.

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Oh, because I'm dumb and remembered fat32 from back in the day and totally read it that way every time. I honestly don't even know the difference.

So I have a synology ds1618+ that’s been going strong for maybe over 6 years. It’s part of my data backup plan - all important local data goes to it and then from NAS it goes to backblaze.

I’m wondering if I should consider replacing it due to age just as a proactive measure against failure? Also wondering if there’s any advances in synology newer products that would make it worth it. Thoughts?

Also does anyone know some good software for finding duplicate files? I have several laptops that have been backed up to my NAS and I’d like to consolidate duplicate files.