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Where should files for a NAS + nedia server be stored (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Currently getting my first media server set up, and I'm wondering what the best directory would be for all the stored files. For reference, I'm working with Ubuntu server to follow the guide I'm using.

Mainly, I'm wondering if I should migrate /home/ to my RAID array, or leave /home/ where it is and create a new directory on the RAID array. Currently the server will just be for my use, but might expand it for others to use

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[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Interesting, are you accessing files directly on the NAS or something like that where the symlink makes sense?

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You want the big files to live on the NAS, but be navigable from your home dir for convenience and to discourage saving to the local disk.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I see, you mean you mount the NAS storage into /home?

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not quite - He's saying to mount the NAS under /mnt/ and to create a symlink under /home/ to go directly to /mnt/nas/photos

If you're on KDE Plasma / Dolphin, this can be done here:

and put something like this in there

This will create a folder that goes directly to /mnt/nas/pictures, but you can put it anywhere.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Gosh FINALLY this is starting to make sense. Thanks for your effort!

[–] needanke@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bit offtopic: What theme is that? I was woundering why you would put windows screenshots under a comment about dolphin for a second.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Haha, it's PlasmaXDark - https://store.kde.org/p/1367172

I genuinely like the look and feel of Windows.