DS423

I've done the DIY, holy fuck does a Synology NAS just remove all the hard bullshit from your plate. Highly recommend just starting there. I've got the DS 423, it's been bulletproof.

The i5-13500 (plus plexpass) makes a fantastic transcoding combination, able to transcode, for most of us anyway, to the moon and back. I'd not expect any issues. In RAMpocalypse times, I'd not go to 32GB; if it's just a Plex and the -Arrs server, 8GB is enough, but get 16GB just to have some extra

Ps3netsrv in combination with my synology ds423+ works perfectly 100% of the time, lag-free and the quickest loading times i have ever seen on my ps3, so yeah, +1 recommandation from my side for this kind of setup

Any modern NAS would do pretty well here; TM is table stakes in 2026. I have a Synology DS423+ and a few drives doing this now; works fine.

Better to invest in NAS - not fail proof but its pretty good. Bought and setup a Synology DS423+ for my small company. Internal networking/file sharing pani flawless. Paila chai we were doing same yei technique for 4 5 years but once data builds up, there is more traffic and multiple users then shot

Going through these one at a time. HDDs are absolutely fine here. 4K Blu-ray REMUX caps out around 120-140 Mbps, which is roughly 15-18 MB/s. Any 3.5" external sustains 150-200 MB/s, so the disk isn't where you'd ever feel a hitch. Anyone telling you to buy SSDs for movie storage is selling you some

So something like the Synology DS423 or the Ugreen DXP4800 Plus? I like Ugreen for their cables, but I don’t know how their proper devices hold up against Synology. Willing to consider both, but I see so many models, it’s difficult to really know what I want.

Key Differences Networking Speed The QNAP TS-433 wins on raw speed out of the box. It features a 2.5GbE port, which is significantly faster than the standard 1GbE ports found on the Synology models. If you have a modern router or switch, the QNAP will move files much faster. Software Experience (QTS

Same experience here. Time Machine over network has been getting worse with every macOS release. With macOS 26 it's basically unusable for me. I switched to a combination of Carbon Copy Cloner for full disk backups and Synology NAS with their own backup solution (Hyper Backup). Way more reliable, an

I hosted a DIY NAS for several years, and it became more babysitting than I wanted. (Admittedly, it was because of my OS choice and strategy.) About 2 years ago, I purchased a Synology DS423+ 4-bay NAS, and haven't looked back. With local backups (Active Backup for Business), external backups (Hyper