DiskStation DS1520+

I'm a Plex enthusiast with about 50TB's of media on a Synology DS1825+ with the TRaSH Guides Docker containers also running on the DS1825+. I moved my Plex, Tautulli, and Channels DVR Docker containers to a fast Intel NUC powered by a Docker host only install of Unraid in 2023, to obtain better hard

Unless you want resell the Synology device... Then yes move all drive to R740xd. But if you think to keep the DS1520+ as backup or "2nd nas/server" then add new hard drives to R740xd. And put what ever OS you like. Like proxmox... Truenas, Unraid... even Xpenology. In the case of using Xpenology: yo

I built my own Synology DS1520+ and and extension unit as well. Total 10 -16TB drives. It’s been a great learning experience. Now I’m pretty addicted. I run a plex, prologue, and kavita servers for the family. Plus a photo cloud service. I would recommend doing it yourself.

I have a small Plex Support YouTube channel. Many of my videos recreate other server owner issues to then show them visually how to solve their problems. I also show how fairly easy it is to move Plex Server from one OS to another. There are commercial NAS solutions and self install NAS options avai

I guess I'm just throwing out a warning to the smaller segment of Plex Server owners who already recognize the addiction that some of us are afflicted with. I have a Ugreen DXP4800Plus NAS on my Plex test bench and just put up a long video on using the newish FygoOS NAS operating system, which seems