Hi people, I have been looking for a NAS for quite a while now for my home network and I'm now facing a dilema.
I have a few checkboxes to tick to say "that's the right one":
[ ] can be mounted on rack
[ ] can be used as Plex server
[ ] supports 10gbit connection
I am also concerned about noise level as I'll be running this in my living room (no better spot yet) and energy consumption.
Option A: Buying an Actual NAS
I looked a bit into NAS with ARM CPUs as they are more energy-efficient, but they don't seem to bee suitable for video transcoding. Then I seem to be left with only some Synology options:
I suppose that’s what I needed to hear. Thank you very much! Do you happen to know some NAS that does well at transcoding and is within this €1500 range?
No, I don't keep track of consumer NAS as I DIY everything. I can recommend that but I recognize it's not for everyone. I see that it's popular to use an Intel NUC or similar as the server hosting Plex and other apps, and leave the NAS simply for storage; that's very enticing.