--- title: "I gave my NAS actual jobs beyond storage, and it automated half my PC maintenance" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-my-nas-actual-jobs-beyond-storage-and-it-automated-half-my-pc-maintenance-1ri0tzjig source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/gave-nas-actual-jobs-beyond-storage-it-automated-half-pc-maintenance type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-05-19T17:35:13.898Z updated: 2026-05-19T17:35:41.268Z tags: ["docker", "self-hosting"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I gave my NAS actual jobs beyond storage, and it automated half my PC maintenance **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of transforming a Synology NAS from a simple file storage device into a always-on secondary computer. By running services like Plex, Immich, and other productivity tools via Docker, the author offloaded background tasks from their main PC. The result is a reliable, low-power infrastructure hub that stays accessible remotely, freeing the primary computer from running persistent services and reducing its maintenance burden. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The NAS feature I use every day isn't storage, it's Docker](https://daily.dev/posts/the-nas-feature-i-use-every-day-isn-t-storage-it-s-docker-8uhwnmudv) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I stopped using my NAS as a NAS, and it became the most useful machine in my house](https://daily.dev/posts/i-stopped-using-my-nas-as-a-nas-and-it-became-the-most-useful-machine-in-my-house-ctpvxxrt9) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [My NAS does more than store files, and most people are barely using theirs](https://daily.dev/posts/my-nas-does-more-than-store-files-and-most-people-are-barely-using-theirs-imkyv4w2l) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [I gave my NAS a job Synology never advertises, and now it runs my house](https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-my-nas-a-job-synology-never-advertises-and-now-it-runs-my-house-2teypn3xc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [My NAS isn't my server — that's why my homelab survives every experiment I throw at it](https://daily.dev/posts/my-nas-isn-t-my-server-that-s-why-my-homelab-survives-every-experiment-i-throw-at-it-hukcgklze) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-my-nas-actual-jobs-beyond-storage-and-it-automated-half-my-pc-maintenance-1ri0tzjig)