2024-01-22, 12:26 PM
(2024-01-22, 12:06 PM)mikesulsenti Wrote: Synology NASs are useful for storage, not media servers. They just don't usually have the hardware resources for it
If you're willing to build, you can utilize a tower PC build with a case with like 8+ drive slots like Fractal Design cases
You could also opt for a 2U rack server if you want to be advanced. they're cheap on ebay for $280-$350 but they are power hogs and noisy and require a rack to slot them into
You can use a Ryzen CPU in the tower build. Just put in a $99 or $120 Intel Arc A310 or A380. An Intel CPU with iGPU works fine too.
You can also get cheap high capacity hard drives on ebay 10TB - 16TB. Recommend utilizing RAID with at least 4 drives not just for speed but to prevent dead drives from taking out your library
For OS look at Ubuntu or Proxmox
Thanks for the reply. I do have a older system laying about that may work. I do want to keep the system as small as possible. I'd rather not have a big tower in my spare room and I don't have a spare monitor at the moment either. As for the OS, i've never messed around with Linux, but am willing to give it a go.