Today is mariushostingās 6th anniversary. Exactly 6 years ago, on January 9, 2019, mariushosting.com went live. It all started when I got a Synology NAS and wanted to put it to good use. Alas, there wasnāt much useful information available for what I wanted to do with my newly-acquired NAS ā and so began this wonderful, oh-so-challenging journey. While I had years of extensive experience with website hosting and managing, had been an admin, and had a solid foundation when it came to Cybersecurity and SEO, making the jump to real-life self-hosting was a glorious challenge, to put it nicely.
Pursuing this avenue was a life-changing experience with a steep learning curve and the challenges that came with it often seemed insurmountable. Yet here we are 6 years later and we keep keeping on. These past 6 years Iāve tried my best to share my experience of being a NAS admin with you ā that includes the good, the hard, the beautiful, and the ugly.
What I wanted to do when I started mariushosting was to help people on their NAS journey. What I didnāt expect was to become part of a wonderful community. Never could I have imagined that there would be people on Facebook, Discord, Reddit, X and Bluesky that I could talk to about my and their NAS and share knowledge and insights.
Never could I have imagined that there would be people out there who believed in mariushosting and wanted it to continue. I am beyond grateful for your trust in me and for all your support and encouragement these past 6 years. This journey feels like a life of its own already and itās you who made it possible. Iāll be honest ā itās not easy. But the reward of the community weāve built over the years is the satisfaction thatās kept me passionate.
It brings me so much joy when you write to me to tell me how mariushosting has changed your view of a NAS, that youāre excited about how much you can do with your NAS, that itās more than just storage space. Iām always happy when you share your successes with me like how much your NAS has helped you in your business, whether its about reducing costs or scaling your business, or starting one in the first place. Hearing about your achievements and your excitement means so much to me!
I promise to do my best to honor your belief in me and work hard to deliver useful, relevant and up-to-date information that will help you in your day-to-day life of a NAS admin! Hereās to many more anniversaries with you! And happy 6th birthday mariushosting.com!
This post was updated on Thursday / January 9th, 2025 at 12:01 AM