DiskStation DS1821+

Same boat here. DS1821+ has yet to let me down with dozens of Docker containers and other servers running.

Only if you also use Synology photos like OP mentioned. I used to run on dedicated box, but have moved it back to my Synology DS1821+ since remote ML works so well that the 1821+ can handle everything else and has most of my storage. It took me hours to figure out how to fix this with targeted SQL q

I wasn't sure if this was a QNAP forum, or the editors forum, when I got this notification. No matter what I say - I wind up insulting someone - perhaps I will wind up insulting you. This is the editors forum. It is for professional editors. Professional editors are not using iPhones and GoPro camer

Synology DS1821+, 32GB memory, 10GBe card and 8 x 18TB WD Red Pro HDDs. Run dozens of Docker containers on it and haven't felt the need for anything more powerful yet. Worth noting, no transcoding is done.

Totally. The battery replacement is $219 and I’m thinking, I need something newer on my NAS. It’s the 8 bay DS1821+ which I still love and is in used daily!

I have a Synology DS1821+ with 8x 20tb Exos drives and a Chelsio 2 port SFP+ 10Gbps network card. It is friggin fantastic. Probably overkill based on what you said, but I think if you find a Synology with the network and storage capacity you need it's really hard to go wrong with them

I moved from plex and other tings running on an old windows pc to a synology ds1821+. If I had it to do again I'd do the same. For me the killer app is SHR allowing disparate drives to give redundancy. I love the rich user community - I had my apps all install on a local ssd before I added the cache