I have my own home-server and it’s not really a problem maintaining it as I’ve been through a steep learning curve. Now I have a friend who has an ancient Synology and it is always causing terrible problems for him.
If I were to set up a little server for him with docker services running things like immich and syncthing etc, would this be set and forget enough to not cause problems for him? Ideally he wants his own cloud so relatives can store and share files, photos, and possibly movies too. He isn’t the most tech savvy, but he knows his way around Windows and PC’s generally. He doesn’t live that close so I can’t be at his if anything went a little pear-shaped. I could however ssh into it at least.
Is this feasible or practicable? Or would he have to learn Linux and Docker et al.?
What kind of problems is the Synology creating? Just curious because those are supposed to be pretty friendly
He set it up ages ago then left it before going back to it. By that time he’d forgotten the configuration and setup details. Plus the software doesn’t want to co-operate. I think it needs an OS reinstall, but frankly he’s pretty fed up of it already.
I was going to ask the same thing. I have had a Synology NAS running for the last 9 years without a hitch. Their apps are decent and DSM is solid. I was going to suggest a new synology for someone with less experience and less desire to tinker. Gets OP off of potential constant tech support.