Hey everyone, I wonder if you could help sanity check my NAS choice. Many thanks in advance!
I`m looking at replacing a 10+year old home wintel server with a NAS device. My new NAS will be fulfilling two roles:
· Host / Sync a local copy (and provide backup for ) Microsoft onedrive cloud storage files
· HostPlex Media Server for local music (synced from onedrive), Video streaming, and recording of broadcast TV via LAN attached HD homerun
My existing wintel home server already runs the above roles and works well. My total storage requirements are modest (currently 1.6TB), so I`ll run a two drive array with some kind of redundancy with a third drive installed outside the array for online backups. I don’t care about snapshots or versioning.
So heres where I need some input / validation of my choice of NAS. I`m currently looking at a Synology DS923+ based on the following criteria:
· I want a recent product which has a decent supported lifespan ahead of it, because I`d like to retain the hardware for 8-10 years.
· I very much require a turnkey solution with minimal configuration overhead. Life priorities mean I don’t have time to tinker these days. It needs to “just work” out of the box.
· Plex is a hard requirement, as is support for MS Onedrive sync. I`ve no interest or appetite to replace these solutions.
· I want a rich software ecosystem just in case I happen to have a new role for my server in future (unlikely but future-proofing)
· I`m happy to lose support for hardware transcoding / GPU support because a) my video content is *all* 1080p or lower, and I don’t like the client experience of transcoded video content anyway. I`m currently testing my existing plex
server/clients with transcoding disabled both server and client side to confirm this wont present any challenge. Additionally I have no requirement to stream video to any client outside my home network.
So, with the above in mind, do we think the Synology 923+ is a good choice?
I`m looking at replacing a 10+year old home wintel server with a NAS device. My new NAS will be fulfilling two roles:
· Host / Sync a local copy (and provide backup for ) Microsoft onedrive cloud storage files
· HostPlex Media Server for local music (synced from onedrive), Video streaming, and recording of broadcast TV via LAN attached HD homerun
My existing wintel home server already runs the above roles and works well. My total storage requirements are modest (currently 1.6TB), so I`ll run a two drive array with some kind of redundancy with a third drive installed outside the array for online backups. I don’t care about snapshots or versioning.
So heres where I need some input / validation of my choice of NAS. I`m currently looking at a Synology DS923+ based on the following criteria:
· I want a recent product which has a decent supported lifespan ahead of it, because I`d like to retain the hardware for 8-10 years.
· I very much require a turnkey solution with minimal configuration overhead. Life priorities mean I don’t have time to tinker these days. It needs to “just work” out of the box.
· Plex is a hard requirement, as is support for MS Onedrive sync. I`ve no interest or appetite to replace these solutions.
· I want a rich software ecosystem just in case I happen to have a new role for my server in future (unlikely but future-proofing)
· I`m happy to lose support for hardware transcoding / GPU support because a) my video content is *all* 1080p or lower, and I don’t like the client experience of transcoded video content anyway. I`m currently testing my existing plex
server/clients with transcoding disabled both server and client side to confirm this wont present any challenge. Additionally I have no requirement to stream video to any client outside my home network.
So, with the above in mind, do we think the Synology 923+ is a good choice?