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gradu8ed:
Hey there everyone. Just got a new Synology NAS running DSM 7.1. Any suggestions for the best way to set it up would be greatly appreciated.

HaWi:
The silence here reflects the fact that your query is a bit thin on information. "Setting up" a Synology NAS is not within the purview of this board. So some questions are:

- Are you planning to run MC on the NAS (in docker)?
- Are you just keeping your media files on the Synology and want MC to access them from there?

Without knowing these things it is impossible to help.

Good luck!

gradu8ed:
Sorry about that.

What I'm looking for is the best way to sort it all out, the NAS is a 4 bay ds920+ raid 5. My primary access point is in my media room for a/v use (macmini m2pro). I'd also like to access it from my laptop in my office (macbook air 2017). The NAS is also accessible from the internet so I'd like to access it when I travel. I don't know what "docker" is. I've been using MC since MC21 and it's been getting wonky so i'm erasing all of my old library's and installs and starting fresh. The system has plenty of power available so performance is my focus.

HaWi:
OK, so it looks like you are running MC on the Mac Mini an want to have your media files on the NAS. That's relatively easy. Once the media file structure is created on the NAS you can mount the top most folder (containing all media files, in my case Volume1/music/) using SMB/CIFS.
Make sure you give the user accessing this folder the appropriate privileges on the NAS.
Then you point MC to the mounted folder under the [Rename, Copy & Move Files] menu (F6) - top left input area. Since you want to rebuild your library, you just import the entire structure. I would keep a most recent back-up of the current library, just in case.
That should be it.
Good luck!

transmaster:
I have a related question. I just setup a Mac Studio it will replace the PC's I have always used as my Media servers.  I have about 9 TB of media files I have accumulated over the years. They are all in NTFS. Mac Ventura will not read, or covert these to APFS. Nothing new here.  I understand that an NAS takes care of that issue.

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