(12-09-2022, 01:29 PM)ed Wrote: Yes, you can use your old NAS as a backup for the most important data.
Then you can use your new NAS for things like media server for videos and audio. You can either use Synology Video / Audio app, or for for Plex which does it all.
You will indeed need a plus series NAS for remote streaming. DS920+ is much more friendly towards media. DS923+ could not handle 4K videos remotely. Local use is OK.
If you think you will have 4K media in the future, I would go for ds920+.
The other difference is NVMe storage pools and 10GbE connectivity. The general performance of the CPU is maybe 30% faster. But this improvement can not be felt with the naked eye. Unless you run virtual machines.
I hope this helps.
Hi Ed
I have the 923+ - not unboxed it yet as seriously not sure if to keep it.
I am doubtful that I will be streaming content ... but say I have a video from an iPhone in 4K that I want to look at (remotely) - say through the Synology photo app or Drive - would the 923+ handle this, or would it struggle?