M4 Mac Mini + Synology Nas Recommendations

[alex77777 18]

I recently picked up a M4 Mac Mini for $400 and was wondering what the best way to connect it to my Synology Nas which stores the media? Should I use SMB or NFS? Maybe another method?

Also if anyone has any other recommendations such as best settings for performance with Emby it would be appreciated.

[sfatula 207]

For me, I'd take NFS from Mac to Synology unless, you run a different SMB client on Mac or tune the parms. Mac has pseudo SMB client and has some shortcomings without configuring it. 

I am using SMB3 from Mac to Truenas NAS, but, I have my own client configuration. Here's my configuration for Mac client:

cat /etc/nsmb.conf
protocol_vers_map=4
port445=no_netbios
mc_prefer_wired=yes
unix extensions = no
streams=yes
notify_off=yes
veto files=/._*/.DS_Store/
# signing_required=no 

Signing required is not needed due to the updated versions of Samba I am using. 

[alex77777 18]

40 minutes ago, sfatula said:

For me, I'd take NFS from Mac to Synology unless, you run a different SMB client on Mac or tune the parms. Mac has pseudo SMB client and has some shortcomings without configuring it. 

I am using SMB3 from Mac to Truenas NAS, but, I have my own client configuration. Here's my configuration for Mac client:

cat /etc/nsmb.conf
protocol_vers_map=4
port445=no_netbios
mc_prefer_wired=yes
unix extensions = no
streams=yes
notify_off=yes
veto files=/._*/.DS_Store/
# signing_required=no 

Signing required is not needed due to the updated versions of Samba I am using. 

Ok thanks, Ill look into this, is there noticeable performance differences between SMB  and NFS with Mac to synology? 

[RevWayne 0]

I have all my media files on my Synology  NAS, and the Emby server on my M4 Mac Mini. I mount the media file on my Mac Mini via SMB. Once the file is mounted (via File > Go to Server), the  Mini connects with no problem.

[alex77777 18]

17 minutes ago, RevWayne said:

I have all my media files on my Synology  NAS, and the Emby server on my M4 Mac Mini. I mount the media file on my Mac Mini via SMB. Once the file is mounted (via File > Go to Server), the  Mini connects with no problem.

Ive mounted via NFS bc I heard its faster and more efficient than a SMB connection (NFS is also the same connection type I used for my linux server bc SMB gave me issues with emby). I also made a shortcut script (harder than you would think lol) that runs constantly and checks the connection to my NAS and remounts if connection is ever lost.