DiskStation DS720+

I did the same thing then came to my senses. I started streaming and even doing hardware compression on my DS720+, then moved it off to a small PC. Opitplex SFF is an amazing way to go. I got a Dell Optiplex 3040 SFF (i5 6500) - scored off FB marketplace which I purchased for a song.. and have since

Based on your description and my experience: Don’t bother with BSD based software because it just adds overhead since Linux will be a VM. So maybe OVM but not TrueNAS for instance. Zima is limited to Zima. In fact when I bought a new box I first used OpenWRT which does everything with a Synology-lik

As ppl have said already, it depends on if your playback device supports the codecs used in the media for direct playback (no transcoding), or if you'll have enough bandwidth in the network to even do direct playback, or if you'll transcode it in case some codecs are unsupported. the Synology Beesta

So even a DS1821+ could use a old DX513 expansion bay. Many didn't know that out there. So all Synology expansion bays are universal to all models that support expansion bays That is correct for older Synology models like the DS918+, DS718+ and DS218+ which can work with a DX513 or DX213. But for an

You can host web version of obsidian. https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/s/5ADZMxfyrD I hosts it on a synology ds720+. It's laggy sometimes but it's usable.

I had everything running on a DS720+, I moved it all to a N100 and very happy I did. Everything is just smoother. Also all my downloads are happening on that machine. I now only use the synology for storage and cloud sync. Not a single Docker is running on it anymore.