Elliot Lepley
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Hi there, I have a FreeNAS box that is used for plex on the go for me, my father, and my brother.
Currently, me and my father are in 1 location, and my brother is in another location on the other side of the country due to university.
As my dad does not want the NAS on all the time (only when he's updating the plex library or when streaming), I enabled remote access through the Asrock motherboard to let my brother turn it on when he wants to use it.
However, as my dad doesn't know he's using it, he often turns it off without checking. So my question is how I could make a notification to see when it's being actively used, and when it's on, but idling.
Any ideas are much appreciated.
EDIT 1: My first idea is to create a script that checks CPU usage to see if it is below 10%* for a certain amount of time, and if it meets the arguments, it turns itself off.
* I need to check exactly how much cpu usage varies when streaming at different qualities
Currently, me and my father are in 1 location, and my brother is in another location on the other side of the country due to university.
As my dad does not want the NAS on all the time (only when he's updating the plex library or when streaming), I enabled remote access through the Asrock motherboard to let my brother turn it on when he wants to use it.
However, as my dad doesn't know he's using it, he often turns it off without checking. So my question is how I could make a notification to see when it's being actively used, and when it's on, but idling.
Any ideas are much appreciated.
EDIT 1: My first idea is to create a script that checks CPU usage to see if it is below 10%* for a certain amount of time, and if it meets the arguments, it turns itself off.
* I need to check exactly how much cpu usage varies when streaming at different qualities
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