Thanks for all the info…

What kind of specs matter most for a NAS?

Budget is really more about value than anything, I have money to spend, but I don’t like to overspend or waste. Otherwise there are things I know, and things I don’t. :) I do know linux, and some docker. I have built a few pc’s over the years. But I don’t really keep up with hardware stuff. The idea to have a NUC and a NAS just came from what I was reading as it seemed to be what people do. And the plan was to get a pre-built NAS and a mini pc. That way the whole project doesn’t get so big it is overwhelming. The software stuff can be complicated from what I read. But I work in software, and I could use more time with docker and such. I was pricing things out when I got thinking about the connection between them, and thus how many ethernet ports I needed on the minipc. It sounds like people are saying that network speeds through a switch should be more than fast enough. I know this is probably the more expensive route, but I think the total cost may be at least reasonable. The minipc is like $169. Seems like the NAS is like $500. And a few hundred for drives. So maybe under a k. The way prices are these days, that doesn’t feel terrible. But I don’t really have a scope on costs for hardware.

oh, hardlink. Linux I am guessing then? I am on windows for now. And it has been years since I tried to make a link in windows. I don’t recall it going well back then. :) So what do you mean by finished seeding? Someone else implied they only seeded to some limit. What is the story there?

So you are intentionally keeping two copies of things?

but why would you want to stop seeding?

So do you set the torrent client default download dir to videos? And the system is smart enough not to make a copy there because there is already one visible to the client?

So this implies there is something else I am missing. I assumed people would just keep the whole library open for seeding. Why would you want to delete the file in the download folder?

Most people point out I am not worth their effort to trace for a few movies. But I am curious, if say I use a specific browser when on the vpn and only use a few very specific accounts like this one which I don’t use when I am off the vpn. How do they identify me.