Need advice NAS setup

[jptestung 1]

I rent a debian dedicated server with 1TB in the cloud, but the storage is getting full. Adding TB to the dedicated server would cost a lot so I'm considering using an old NAS (2TB) I have at home.

So emby server would still be installed on my dedian server, and I would this server would able to access my NAS at home (100+mbps) (not sure how, I read things like sambe, nfs, need to read more about these). Is it something that looks possible/good/bad ? Does emby could manage things correctly with an external NAS ? How would it behave when the NAS is off/unreachable ?

[mastrmind11 717]

16 hours ago, jptestung said:

I rent a debian dedicated server with 1TB in the cloud, but the storage is getting full. Adding TB to the dedicated server would cost a lot so I'm considering using an old NAS (2TB) I have at home.

So emby server would still be installed on my dedian server, and I would this server would able to access my NAS at home (100+mbps) (not sure how, I read things like sambe, nfs, need to read more about these). Is it something that looks possible/good/bad ? Does emby could manage things correctly with an external NAS ? How would it behave when the NAS is off/unreachable ?

https://serverfault.com/questions/419920/mounting-a-file-system-over-the-internet

if the NAS is unreachable, emby will treat it as such (things won't play...).  not sure if emby will remove items from your library if the NAS is offline when it runs its scheduled library scan... it used to, not sure if it has been addressed yet.

[jptestung 1]

Thx very much, that sshfs solution seems perfect for this.

edit : and this "-o reconnect" option for sshfs looks awesome too can't wait to test it : https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14143/what-is-a-better-way-to-deal-with-server-disconnects-of-sshfs-mounts

edit : adding this too for reference, a great tuto on how to setup a ssh server at home accessible from the internet : https://dev.to/zduey/how-to-set-up-an-ssh-server-on-a-home-computer#:~:text=Log in to your router's,earlier of your host machine

Edited December 28, 2020 by jptestung