DiskStation DS918+

Yes - I use a synology NAS for both my plex and homebrige, working well so far. I guess the unifi plugin for homebridge requires a certain amount of hardware to run smoothly (ie maybe don’t try a raspberry pi). So far the synology ds918+ is up to the task though I only have one protect camera so far

depending on what size and number of files you want to share your requirements are different. without that information it's impossible to tell. i have ~1.5million files i share using multiple sync folders with approximately 1.5TByte of files. I had problems with the default 4 Gbytes of RAM in a Syno

I have done many if not all suggestions and I think I will put it down to the slowness of the NAS even though it has a Pentium processor it seems slower than my Synology ds918. Terramaster have been pumping update on TOS7 but it hasn’t affected performance. I may still rebuild as that never hurts.

The sweet spot second-hand would be something like the DS918+ or DS920+. Both use Intel x86 CPUs, support Docker and VMs, and still have plenty of performance for modern self-hosting. The DS918+ is older but still very capable, especially with a RAM upgrade. The DS920+ is newer and will likely get l

In your other post it seems that you already had the mini PC. If you don't have either units, then just get a small form factor machine that can hold all your storage In this case you are looking at a 4 bay. The question is, do you require a 4 bay? Or can you get away with 2 or 3 such as Dell Optipl

Thanks for your advice but since I have come from the DS918+-->DS920+----DS923+........I have not seen any evidence to back up your statement. Now I've been a Synology customer since 2016 and have in that time replaced maybe 4 drives over 6 NAS units, those units run 24/7. Could you say that's luck,

I’m in a similar situation to yours. I ran my Plex server on my DS918+ for many years but wished to upgrade to a processor that supported hardware transcoding for x265. I migrated my server to a beelink s12 running Ubuntu. It addresses the media files on my Synology by means of NFS—I’ve mounted the

Just for reference, I'm running Jellyfin in Docker on my Synology DS918+ which has a Celeron J3455 and 4GB of RAM. I have QSV hardware acceleration enabled, and it doesn't break a sweat.

I can speak only of my own experience, I started photography around the age of 10-12 yo with my dads gear and I have been very lucky to start my backups on a DS918+ that my dad graciously gave me away for free when he upgraded to 8 bays. I’ve used the heck out of that hardware without even knowing I

My Plex server is running on a DS918 Synology NAS since launch. Low power, handles the little transcoding it needs to do, has an expansion unit (which I have that ads 5 extra bays), and has a ton of very friendly aps for other home projects. I have a 12+ outside users. Only down side is that it's no