DiskStation DS1522+

A N150 PC is head and shoulders above a Synology NAS for running Plex Media Server. Use a Syno NAS for storage, but run PMS on a different system. The N150 is a more powerful CPU than the Intel Celerons or AMD Rxxxx CPUs used by Synology. Furthermore, the Intel Graphics in the N150 is more capable t

Yup. Same, I had a lot of ex-enterprise drives and was worried I'd be stuck one day. Plus the quality issues... I had some corrosion issues with a DS418play that was out of warranty, and after replacing it, I later tore it down and cleaned it. Then I realized how incredibly cheap and prone to corros

Was thinking this or getting a Synology ds1522+. The mini PC seems like it's more powerful than the nas?

J’ai un synology ds1522+ et un autre avant ça. Points importants à regarder: que veux-tu faire avec ? si VM il va te falloir quelque chose de costaud acheter de la Ram ? Dernièrement, synology a eu beaucoup de mauvaise publicité car ils ont voulu imposer des disques certifiés synology et la non comp

Yeah, it feels like Synology has taking a step back from wanting to be the best nas manufacturer for consumers. Their focus definitely seems to be on software only. Most of their models are quite dated, but with that said, they seem to run a long time. Their naming nomenclature ends with the year th

I started with a Synology DS1522+ found it a bit lacking in power. Sold it to a m8 and bought the 4800 plus. Used the sames NVMe and bought new drives. I was lucky to have all my media on an external drive. Set it up and copied my data back Unraid will wipe the drives when you make the pool. So it w

Kind of reminds me of todays emails. I get many by the way. A DS1522+. Not working. Adapter is new. So from what I have seen with so many of these. And many AMD units. The CPU is fried. YES! All the AMD based units here are less then 4 years old. Almost all with dead CPU's. Something we don't see wi

What I would do differently:Purchase a NAS with an intel CPU that has QuickSync on chip for transcoding my media. I had found a good deal on Synology DS1522+ with AMD CPU and only realized a week later that I needed a transcoder. I then purchased an Intel NUC with a 16 core 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM

recyclarr with TRaSH guides to define you quality control. If you want separate 4k/1080 libraries you will need separate sonarr/radarr instances. Also I reccomend getting a miniPC synology sucks. I have a ds1522+ and am so happy I bought a minipc to run this stuff instead