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NAS Advice - QNAP/Synology/WD

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  • 09-03-2018 9:23am
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    branners69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    am about purchase my first Nas and am looking for some advice. Budget is around the €200-€300 for a disk less Nas.

    My needs-

    Storing media - I have android boxes/ PS4 / Smart TVs and an Xbox One that I will be streaming to. So I dont need to be really thinking about transcoding do I?

    Security Cameras - I plan on hooking up some wifi security cameras. I believe QNAP dont charge per camera, unlike synology?

    Backup - most of my stuff I will have backed up to other hard drives and the really important online so RAIDs etc are not really a must at the moment but that could change!

    I cant really see myself using mail servers and a lot of the other apps that come with certain brands.

    Another dilemma is should I go for a newer Synology DS218Play or the older QNAP 251 (2014) in which I can upgrade the ram to 8gb. But the DS218 is stuck with 1gb?

    Any help really appreciated before my head explodes!


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    #2
    Ionised
    Registered Users Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Ionised


    This is just my experience but I looked around for a solution to run a Plex Server to stream media and as a nas backup. I settled on a WD pr2100 two disk system. The main reason for this choice was that it supports Plex transcoding.

    It's happily running and will serve up at least 4 simultaneous streams which does me just fine. The firmware seems to get regular updates and Plex updates quite often. It runs cool and quiet too.

    As a bonus it runs a torrent client very nicely.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    branners69 wrote: »
    Storing media - I have android boxes/ PS4 / Smart TVs and an Xbox One that I will be streaming to. So I dont need to be really thinking about transcoding do I?

    TVs rarely get codec updates, transcoding is very useful for them.


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,011 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Keep a watch out for server offers on end of life products. Some great deals to be had at times.
    I got, a few years ago now, a HP Proliant ML310e Gen8 for silly money including a refund from HP.
    A four disk server with one 1 TB drive in place.

    If such offers are available they might be worth considering.


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