QNAP TVS-h1288X Inital Set Up

[thamaddoktor]

Hello!

Thank you in advance for your help.  I am relatively a nube at this level of a NAS.  I currently have a 24TB WD EX4100 that runs my plex.  I needed more space and a more powerful NAS to run my immense 4K and 1080 library...so I went big.

I purchased 6 WD RED Pro 16TB HDDs.  I am about to get 2 more for a total of 8 WD RED Pro 16TB HDDs.  I have not purchased any SSDs for SSD cacheing.  

Any here is where my questions come into play...for the set up.

I am only using this NAS for Plex.  I have an immense 1080 library (over 2k in titles) and a growing 4K library.

- Should I get some SSDs for caching?  What is the benefit?
- I am going to set up my RAID to 5.  (I will have a secondary backup of all files on my old NAS - so no RAID 6 needed)
-- DO I need pool guaranteed snapshot space?  
-- Do I need overprovisioning?

I am watching all of your videos to learn about this technology and options....but I just can't deterimine what woudl be best for juts use with PLEX.  Also, it both options burn up usable storage space...

Any thoughts, recommedations, and suggestions would be appreciated!  

Thanks!