DS224+

These will replace the dozens of DS224+ models we have when they die, or Synology loses its mind and forces their drives to be used.

You genuinely might want to avoid Synology as well, UGreen would be my recommendation. Synology reversed their ban of third party HDD/SSD drives recently (M.2 drives are still banned) except the language they used in the press release implies they're DEFINITELY going to try again in the future. Also

I can give you slight context. So I have mine running the server on my Synology DS224+, which has Intel N4120 which is slightly worse off than i3-9100 you have there. Intel quick sync is pretty good at transcoding with 3-5 clients requiring simultaneous transcodes at 1080p. The experience is that, i

Since this is your first NAS - you really can’t beat Synology for the user interface and final product polish. It’s so easy to set up a caveman could do it (me). I am in a similar boat to you (NAS newbie) and have the DS224+ and it’s excellent. Perfect for my needs.

De acuerdo a Claude. ¡Vamos con presupuesto en USD! Es totalmente viable, y no es tan complicado como parece. Raspberry Pi + NAS Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB): ~$80 Case + fuente + disipador: ~$15-20 Tarjeta microSD (arranque): ~$10 Disco duro externo o interno 2-4TB: ~$70-120 Total Raspberry Pi: ~$180-230 A

get a good NAS, preferably with 2 hdd for redundancy. i'm using synology ds224+.fun fact- you can also run so many programs for work related productivity on the NAS that can run 24x7. (i'm using mine as a cloud and to run programs to track global prices of different financial assets. and the NAS can

i always kept the plex data folder on a ssd and currently a NVMe drive now and never really saw any lag for the interface or when opening the media compared to when it was installed on spinning drives. Try doing a database clean up and increasing the DB cache size a little (Mine is currently at 256)

Well to offer an alternative viewpoint as someone who had Synology devices for over 12 years, including the DS224+ and even the DS225+ (which I swore I’d never get but still did .. 🙄) and who has a similar sized library to you, you don’t need tailscale for external access. As long as you’ve got the

Yeah this is totally doable and not overkill. A 2-bay NAS (like Synology DS224+) with HDDs is enough, SSD NAS is unnecessary unless you want speed over cost. Use Immich for photos and Plex or Jellyfin for movies on TVs. You can keep it off most of the time, but realistically once you start using it,

Buy a nas such as a Ugreen nas or Synology older than 2025. I got a DS224+ for $150 locally. Filled with 2 12TB drives for $300 locally. Owning your own data is the way.