2 NAS as storage

General Discussions
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I have 2 NAS with duplicated media.

I have tried this but the results have been inconsistent and have been having other issues so unsure if this is to blame.

I am currently running two PMS - A Skull NUC and a Shield Pro (as back up) .
What I did was point the PMS to the media on both NAS .
A number 2 showed up showing Plex was seeing both NAS’s media.
My plan is if NAS#1 is having issues and is offline then I turn on #2 to serve up the media .
I don’t necessarily want #2 running all the same time. (I auto sync them twice a week that takes maybe an hour or so)

How will Plex handle having sometimes 2 sources of the media then other times one or the other ?

2

PMS does not like its media going away silently.

Most of us two dual-NAS configurations keep the second as the rsync-backup. Power up, rsync any new content, power off. Have both NAS’s configured and ready to go. The easiest way to do it in recovery mode is have the slave be at an alternate IP. When the primary goes down, power off, change the IP of the slave as it comes up and takes over.

I have my QNAP as primary, Synology as secondary, configured exactly this way. Because I run Linux, I can change ‘mount points’ in one command. Doing so, and then rebooting Linux, will make it point to the Synology without it even knowing there was a change.

3

As @ChuckPA stated, Plex is not a fan of missing media and will not make a logical decision on what to play. You might have to select Play Version when one of the NAS boxes is down.

4

ok that all makes sense.

Changing the IP would likely work best for me.

5

Chuck just thought of another way that i will try.

I have
1.TV
2.Other TV
3.Movies
all picking up the media from NAS #1

I am trialing have 3 more libraries

  1. BU TV
  2. BU other tv
  3. BU movies
    and these 3 linked to NAS #2
    If #1 has an issue I will turn on #2 ’
    After a bit of updating it should work normally - I think !

Will emptying trash option being on delete stuff from the NAS that is not on?

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What you want is a transparent file system mount.
Think of writing exact words on two sheets of waxed paper with a black Sharpie and laying both on top of a blank piece of white paper.

Transparent puts one on top of the other. If the top layer disappears, the bottom layer takes over transparently.

In my analogy, if you have the same thing written on both sheets and pull one out, you can still see the same words on the white paper