IT Redux

2021: NAS Tutorial
A DAS is not an NAS
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HDD: Desktop vs NAS Hard Disk Drives - "Spinning Rust"
What brand? What type? How big?What to Buy???
(Not the first time I'll warn about marketing...GIVEAWAY VIDEOS...)
1, 2, 4, 8tb STANDARDS
ONBOARD: How hot should they run?
SPIN SPEED: noise, vibration, temperature
When 6gb is not 150MB...
Failure?
HDD: CMR vs SMR vs PMR : Conventional; Shingled; Perpendicular- but not HAMR or SSD.
Seagate's List
Why SMR requires "ME Time"
HDD: SSD
SSD Lifespan
MLC vs TLC vs QLC
Gerald Undone uses Synology or QNAP with SSDs for video editing, storage and uploading to the Backblaze cloud.
RAID
RAID JBOD 0 1 5 6 10 (10 = One-Zero; not "10")
Raid 5 with Four Disks takes 2 days or more to build - Robbie 22:00 of build time video. I confirm that...
My original build was 2 disks in RAID 5 then four disks in RAID 10...
Currently the System disk is separate and the other three disks are RAID5.
REMEMBER: don't get ripped off for Memory Upgrades - good quality upgrades are not that expensive.
The QNAP OS
UBUNTU Server
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SPANDOT QNAP INSTALLATION 2020.
2019 Version Part 1.
QNAP Storage and Snapshots
SYSTEM
When a Disk is not a Drive
VOLUMEs
Thick vs Thin - don't be swayed by bias without addressing the weaknesses.
Thin = JIT = Over Allocation: you cannot write data to thin air...
STORAGE SPACE/STORAGE POOL - first Pool 20% of total (see 24:00 of video above)
System files and apps: does it really help to spread them across a RAID system?
How many apps do you need?
How you can create more Drives than Disks (...Folders in Volumes...).
Archiving files away from Onedrive
Clogging up drives with unusable data - my reasons for creating large folders of useless data.
Why my Surveillance Security Cameras need that extra 10gb.
NAMING: disks, drives and storage pools.
ACCESSING THE NETWORK
Spending money on an extra router."...because 1GBe is cheap and unsatisfactory..." (0:45 of 11:21) says who?
Wired or Wireless? GIGABIT (1gbe=109MBS): Really, how fast are network connections?
Should you have an open server on the Internet.
Default ADMIN 2021 - not using Admin to Admin - my problems.
Keeping it clean - it attracts dust like bees to honey...
TO HDMI OR NOT TO HDMI?
Common CPU choices...Celeron, i3, i5, i7, Xeon, AMD Ryzen, Marvell Armada, Realtek, AMAZON-ARM = Annapurna Labs - Alpine...
HBS-3 and CLOUD PROBLEMS.
CREATING A FOLDER OR A SHARED FOLDER: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?.
Allow all Operating Systems Access - Windows - Apple - Linux.
Using your PC for folder creation and management - otherwise you get Read/Write Access problems.
Where to find their Apps. But dont confuse apps with important DOWNLOADS, like BIOS Updates.
What Happens When Apps Run for the First Time: don't get rid of help screens yet...
QNAP FORUMS: NOT ALWAYS HELPFUL. DON'T DEPEND ON EVERYTHING YOU READ.
WHEN IT SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED... when the apps take over.
.BACKING UP FROM A PC OR MAC
Enabling Time Machine for a Mac.
USING HBS-3 FOR INTERNAL BACKUPS.
Virus Checking.
RAID Scrubbing for RAID 5 and RAID 6.
DANGER WILL ROBINSON.
7Zip.
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Blackmagic and DaVinci Resolve
Rob's goto tutor Casey Faris.
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Curtis Judd talks about Audio and Lighting for Podcasts: all seems good...
Or Curtis Judd's longform school setup sessions are here on another channel.
Dave Dillon runs with GoPros.
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.ATEM MINI PRO
.Shane Guitar IN THE BLUES has a Tech Channel GeekyNerdyTech Website -
. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeNurSO_Jci6LChLzxBj3oA
.In The Blues Guitar Gear Review
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.Shane: I Sold My ATEM Mini Pro...
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.Time Codes:
.0:00 - About this Video
.1:05 - Why I wanted the ATEM
.2:13 - Dedicated Setup or Not?
.3:10 - You need it in arms reach
.4:43 - Resolution Limitations
.5:33 - ATEM Mini Pro as a Webcam
.6:41 - Who is the ATEM Mini Pro for?
.7:33 - ATEM Mini for Gamers
.8:24 - ATEM Mini Pro Features
.10:00 - Overall Review
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.My YouTube Audio/Video Setup:
.►Panasonic GH5 -
.►Panasonic Leica 15mm f1.7 -
.►Panasonic G85 -
.►Panasonic 25mm f1.7 -
.►Wireless Microphone Pack -
and Logitech C920 Webcam or equivalent
.#ATEMMINIPRO #techreview #honestreviews #geekynerdytechy
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Using the ATEM Mini Pro with Microsoft Teams Live Event 04:09
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.The ATEM Mini Pro - All Things Audio! What did Blackmagic Give us? 28:33
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.Table of Contents:
.00:00 Intro
.00:44 Hardware Overview
.03:40 Software Overview
.05:12 EQ Controls
.10:59 Dynamics Controls (Compressor, Limiter, Gate)
.16:25 Hardware Vs Software
.18:32 Toggling Mic/Line Input
.21:49 Other Important Audio settings
.23:56 The Biggest Problem and How to Fix It [DELAYING AUDIO WITH Fx Mixer]
.26:14 Conclusion
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. RYAN WITH PART 2: ATEM Mini Pro: The Audio Delay Thing (All Things Audio Pt.2) 21:05
.Table of Contents:
.00:00 Intro
.00:53 The Setup [Using a Mic Splitter as a Line Level Splitter]
.04:02 Finding the Delay (Extreme Edition)
.06:31 Finding the Delay with a Lav Mic
.09:07 Calculating the Delay Time
.11:53 Easiest Way to Fix the Problem
.13:45 Other Ideas
.14:19 Using a DAW (Why it’s not a good idea)
.16:28 Why Blackmagic Hasn’t Addressed this Problem
.18:22 Conclusion
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.ATEM Mini Pro - In Depth Review and COMPLETE Tutorial ! 48:05
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. If you're reading this then you may be aware that the Apple Big Sur Update (Nov 2020) is a downright Piece of Shit. There is a major bug in the WiFi app and despite showing you are connected, it will quielty drop your connection and the only way to get it going again is a full system restart. I've seen pathetic newbies and brain dead forum techs trying to tell us old timers to follow a couple of links and it's fixed. I've been dealing with TCP/IP connectivity since 1993 - yup, 27 years - and a couple of boxes ticked doesn't cut it. This thing is wiping your script and inserting its own IP numbers: shades of Windows XP workarounds that didn't work. What is it doing to your DNS? Ignoring it. Wiping any reference to it. Great. Who came up with that feature? And Apple have known about these problems since the Beta Testers brought it to light from about the end of May 2020 onward. If you are looking to download the 12gb Big Sur update: don't. It will break your Mac. It's a fuckup, Jim, that only Apple could get away with while the bootlickers can't get enough of the bullshit from Cupertino. See if you can find a negative amongst any of the media reviews.
Big Sur: the Broken Sewer of operating systems.


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