[kairi_zeroblade]

Yeah, OMV is looking like a good option. I'm slightly concerned with getting the plugins to work for Plex but I'm still reading through all the tutorials.

Docker. if you have a capable hardware, it should be fine, I had issues with PLEX with a J series quadcore lol..

 

[StAndrew]

Docker. if you have a capable hardware, it should be fine, I had issues with PLEX with a J series quadcore lol..

Yeah I only have a quad core but it has quicksync and its an 11th gen so I hope to be good...

Enabling the hardware acceleration looks like a chore on Docker but I'll keep reading through the articles.

 

[kairi_zeroblade]

Yeah I only have a quad core but it has quicksync and its an 11th gen so I hope to be good...

Enabling the hardware acceleration looks like a chore on Docker but I'll keep reading through the articles.

mine's 7th gen i3 I use quicksync..(via Intel HD graphics, though I have plans to get a cheap 1050 for encoding/decoding)

 

[StAndrew]

mine's 7th gen i3 I use quicksync..(via Intel HD graphics, though I have plans to get a cheap 1050 for encoding/decoding)

Ok, got it setup and Snapraid configure with the two 2TB SSD's and the USB 2TB HDD as parity. Now can I / should I / how do I make a SMB share of the two SSD's to show as one drive?

Also, anyone familiar with Opnsense?

Here's my network. Using a 6-port mini Firewall PC with Opnsense and I'm having trouble figuring out how to configure it so that the seperate LAN ports are all discoverable in windows. My laptop connected to the router access port can see/discover all of the other connected devices but I can't see anything connected to the other ports. I can't see the OMV NAS and can't access the SMB share.

 

[kairi_zeroblade]

Now can I / should I / how do I make a SMB share of the two SSD's to show as one drive?

After configuring snapraid you can download mergerfs, it allows you to join the 2 data drives you assigned in snapraid into 1 visible drive.

After that you can now setup Additional Users which will access the share via SMB.

Next step is, add the merged filesystem to your shared folders.

Then, under services enable SMB/CIFS service and the name of the shared directory (from a dropdown that is populated automatically with the shared folders) and copy these settings

And save.

To access the shared directory, just map the network drive with your servername\shareddirectoryname and you are done!!

 

[StAndrew]

After configuring snapraid you can download mergerfs, it allows you to join the 2 data drives you assigned in snapraid into 1 visible drive.
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After that you can now setup Additional Users which will access the share via SMB.

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Next step is, add the merged filesystem to your shared folders.
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Then, under services enable SMB/CIFS service and the name of the shared directory (from a dropdown that is populated automatically with the shared folders) and copy these settings
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And save.

To access the shared directory, just map the network drive with your servername\shareddirectoryname and you are done!!

Thanks! Will work it tonight.

 

[StAndrew]

To access the shared directory, just map the network drive with your servername\shareddirectoryname and you are done!!

This is the part where I have issue. In Opnsense I need to bridge the LAN ports or get a network switch. I think I'm going to get a switch.

 

[kairi_zeroblade]

This is the part where I have issue. In Opnsense I need to bridge the LAN ports or get a network switch. I think I'm going to get a switch.

Hmmm..that is kinda weird from Opnsense..can your router act as a bridge instead?

 

[StAndrew]

Hmmm..that is kinda weird from Opnsense..can your router act as a bridge instead?

So everything connected to my wifi router is discoverable (printer, TV, etc...) but it only has 1Gbps ports. The NAS and my PC are both connected to the Opnsense firewall at 2.5Gbps. A switch would work but that's another $120 for a 5 port 2.5Gbps switch.

Im trying the UDP Broadcast Relay plugin with Opnsense which is supposed to work but I'm having trouble configuring it.

 

[StAndrew]

Hmmm..that is kinda weird from Opnsense..can your router act as a bridge instead?

I had to bridge the ports but I got everything working; thanks for the help!

Watched some Plex TV last night; now I need to get down to ripping my DVD library. This will takes weeks...

 

[kairi_zeroblade]

This will takes weeks...

ohh I do know how that feels..hahahaha