2024-01-22, 09:58 AM
(This post was last modified: 2024-01-22, 12:53 PM by Mixerman6342. Edited 1 time in total.)
I am a plex user at present. I have the plex server running on my home PC and I just stream movies/tv shows via ethernet to my TV in my lounge via a roku ultra. I am looking to move along to creating a 4k movie catalog and more of a dedicated server as opposed to using my gaming PC. At present all my media is stored on a external HDD connected to my PC. Does anyone have any advice where to start here. I have never setup a dedicated NAS or anything like that and don't want to make any mistakes.
In terms of cost, it's not a big deal i'm willing to pay for something reliable and decent. I see a lot of people talk about Synology, but looking at their site I don't really know where to start. Storage wise i'd like around 8TB and from what I understand I will need a Intel CPU which supports quick sync incase I run into any transcoding issues. Is there a off the shelf solution to what I am trying to do, as that would be great. Everything will be hard wired, no wifi and it's basically just me and the wife using the system.
EDIT: After looking around, I was thinking of something along the lines of this Synology 2 Bay DiskStatiion DS224 , does anyone have any experience of going this route rather than the using a regular PC. I do like the small size and the fact I can just put it on the shelf and forget about it. I assume to set it up, you need to connect remotely to it?
In terms of cost, it's not a big deal i'm willing to pay for something reliable and decent. I see a lot of people talk about Synology, but looking at their site I don't really know where to start. Storage wise i'd like around 8TB and from what I understand I will need a Intel CPU which supports quick sync incase I run into any transcoding issues. Is there a off the shelf solution to what I am trying to do, as that would be great. Everything will be hard wired, no wifi and it's basically just me and the wife using the system.
EDIT: After looking around, I was thinking of something along the lines of this Synology 2 Bay DiskStatiion DS224 , does anyone have any experience of going this route rather than the using a regular PC. I do like the small size and the fact I can just put it on the shelf and forget about it. I assume to set it up, you need to connect remotely to it?