06-26-2023, 11:00 PM
This is all new to me, but I'm looking for a storage solution for my work & personal files, photos, music and videos. I plan on sharing media files with family members outside of my home and give them space to save their own photos. From the reviews I've read, Synology seems to have consistently been a reliable solution. I've been looking at the 4 bay DS923+ (newegg.ca sale $879.99) or 5 bay DS1522+ (sale $999.00 CAD) diskstations, but when I started to read about Plex and transcoding I got overwhelmed. I already purchased four 6TB WD Red hard drives but I think they are 5400 and not 7200 based on advice from a computer store sales rep. Should I upgrade and invest in better hard drives? Are the two disktations I've been looking at a good solution for what I'm trying to do and is the 5 bay any better for media? Would I be better off getting a 4 bay and adding a second 2 bay diskstation to manage video content alone?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.