DS423

I personally don't like Pi's, I've just had too many fail on me, BUT! 1Gbit ethernet, do you need more than 1Gbit? What are you going to actually be doing on it? Unless you're going to be doing some heavy data transfer, you don't need over 1Gbit. ARM Processor, have a look at the specifications of s

Regular consumer NAS models no longer have the drive restrictions. I assume you're not looking to get an enterprise NAS so you should be fine getting a consumer model like a DS series. If you are still interested in getting a Synology NAS, make sure it's a plus (+) model and choose one with AVX supp

Yes, it’s all obsolete. Google me this: “Synology ds423 plus with four disks wattage”. 8 watts idle, 28 watts fully going. That’s what Google tells me. You? And will destroy your setup for plex, but otherwise about 75 percent as fast. And it’s a 2019 cpu. That’s what 9 years gets. I understand the d

I use a Syno DS423+ with Intel Celeron J4125 CPU (a 2019 CPU with Intel QuickSync capable iGPU). I have PlexPass. I think it's fantastic. I have 5 AppleTV devices around the house, and I share this out with perhaps five other frequent users and 5 other infrequent users. I have 100mbps up and gigabit

Your NAS has the same CPU as the Synology DS423+ that someone mentioned to you below. If you're using hardware transcoding (Plex pass required) you can get around 2 4k transcodes out of it. I had a similar NAS and transcoding wasn't my problem. The thing that improved the most when I upgraded to a m

I will tell anyone that will listen to completely ignore anything smaller than a 4 bay NAS. I would avoid the Synology 2025 Plus Series for a while because of the strict drive compatibility requirements. The Value Series is targeted at the home market and would be all you need for your current use c

NAS is a Synology DS423+ with upgraded RAM. It's pretty beefy. I run... almost nothing on it, a Beszel agent to monitor hardware, maybe one or two other small things. The majority of my infra lives on a mini PC with a much better CPU and 32GB RAM. If you're just hosting a few basic things then they

Definitely. I have a ds423+ synology NAS, which has a Celeron J4125. Ive been shocked with how much stuff I could do with that system, as far as dockers go. I probably have 20 of them running. That J4125 is significantly slower than something like an n100, that's in all the cheap mini pcs and your 9

Given your use case, a QNAP ARM model like the TS-433 could actually fit you pretty well. Pros: • Very low power and quiet • Runs Transmission + OpenVPN/ProtonVPN without issues • Plex direct play works fine (no transcoding needed) • QTS has built-in apps for photos (QuMagie) and backups Cons: • Lim

I'm in the same position as you. I've been happily running my setup on my Synology DS423+ for sometime now. Looks like I'll need to buy a new machine.