When it comes to the best Synology NAS enclosures, the DiskStation DS1522+ tops the list as our favorite system. This upgraded model comes with a bunch of improvements on the inside that make it a much beefier system than its predecessor. It fits well into the workflows of modern small businesses and home offices that need their files handy all the time.
I was looking for a free and also more privacy focused version of Grammarly to help with improving these guides and my writing in general and discovered LanguageTool. It has a free tier as well as premium options. But the part that sold it for me is that it could be self-hosted meaning your data stays local, and its source is open. Please note that the self-hosted server using Docker can only be...
Unpackerr monitors your torrent client’s completed download folders and when a compressed file requires ‘Unpacking’ from a Zip or RAR it will do it automatically for you. It will then notify Radarr and other arrs the download is ready. In this guide I am going to take you through the steps to get Unpackerr up and running in Docker on your Synology NAS. In order for you to successfully use this...
YouTubeDL Material is nice web front end for YoutubeDL, This is a tool that is used to download video from YouTube and many other sites. This is useful for if you want copies of videos to watch locally – You can also subscribe to channels however I have a new guide coming soon for Tube-Archivist. In this guide I am going to take you through the steps to get YoutubeDL Material up and running in...
Tautulli is a 3rd party application that you can run alongside your Plex Media Server to monitor activity and track various statistics. Most importantly, these statistics include what has been watched, who watched it, when and where they watched it, and how it was watched. In this guide I will take you through the steps to get Tautulli up and running in Container Manager. We will be using the new...
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update my current ESXi 7 environment (ESXi 7.0.3 Update 3m build number 21686933) to ESXi 7.0.3 Update 3n build 21930508. Release notes for VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3n can be found here. Below is a screenshot of my current environment prior to update 3n. Previous build numbers can be found here. ** Please keep in mind, this guides applies to my personal home lab environment so please proceed with caution and take the appropriate steps including documentation to ensure you have a successful update. ** I decided to...