DS425+

I’ve used Synology since 2011 or so with Macs; they work perfectly. I would strongly recommend them - easy to use, reasonably fast for what they are, and lots of flexibility in them. Yes, out of the box the 2025 models (DS425+, etc. with 25 in the name) require Syno-branded disks. This is either a g

I run Jellyfin on my Synology DS920+ NAS. IMO, only Synology's plus series of NAS devices (with a GPU) are suitable for a consumer grade Jellyfin server. Among the latest models, only the DS425+ has the GPU needed for Jellyfin hardware transcoding - - that's probably the NAS I'd get if I bought one

Yes, which is why it's pointless to have both. Get the Synology DS425+, get 2 22TB drives, plug it all in, download and install Plex, setup a drive share on the Synology for (for example) /media, copy your shows from (Mac) to /media via your network, point Plex (running on Synology) to /media, and p

Jeg har været glad for min Synology DS224+, men Synology indfører et krav om, at man udelukkende benytter diske de har godkendt: https://www.synology.com/en-global/compatibility Hvis du sætter en disk i, som de ikke har godkendt og testet, så vil der komme notifikationer omkring det i UI'en og man k

Many do exactly that, although using a discrete GPU is pointless for most people; built in Intel iGPU is vastly fast enough for the vast, vast majority of people today, even if just using a little Intel Celeron / etc. CPU. You're basically building your own Linux box at that point, whereas the Synol

Access between Mac and PC is exactly the same, but I understand the fear of the unknown when you’re not technical. That’s what we’re for. :) You don’t need software for a DAS. You plug it in via USB and it’s done. Or just get a 22TB USB disk and you’re done; that’s it. There’s nothing else to worry

The CPU wasn’t strained. 50% usage on an eight core box (and 2 efficiency) isn’t strained. It was a question that I had for you, not a reason to buy a new Mac. The reason to move things to another box is mostly so that you can freely reboot your PC (Mac) and not impact anything else; for most people

What you worried about only influenced the newest Synology product like DS425+, DS925+. Now they have changed their policy to save their business. No offense, I think it’s better for you to buy a second-hand Synology product like DS218j/219j/220j/221j/222j if you just need 4TB storage. I think Synol

Consumers lashing back. They did two things anti consumer. 1.) Forced the use of their approved hard drives (now reversed) 2.) removed the drivers for the integrated graphics in the DS225+ and DS425+ so there is no hardware transcode which it sounds like you’ll need. I’m in the same boat as you; res

If you want an easy plug and play solution, with minor work, reliable and that doesn't need much time to setup, get a Synology NAS. One with an Intel CPU, and 8GB of ram, anything with AMD and ARM CPU is to be strongly avoided. Then if you think, you would need more than 10TB in the future, a 4 bay