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If all of you content will be 1080 and you direct play 4K content only at home and don't need trasncoding with it, a NAS is likely fine. If you have higher end content, build something custom. For example, they will not transcode from 4K HDR h265 to 1080p. The Asustor handles 99% of my content with transcoding, exceptВ for higher end 4K videos. If it's the same network (Bell), direct play works great most of the time, if it's not, especially for 4K content, transcoding NEEDs to be done. Most of the time that we are streaming over the net is on a friend's WiFi connection. Sometime the audio needs to be transcoded, sometimes not.Дirect play works for about 50% of the devices we have. A lot of my family needs to transcode sometimes depending on what device they are using, for example, older TVs, older streaming sticks, etc. Most of my content is 1080p, H265 and H264. I've played around with this stuff so much that I agree, building your own rig in the better solution. Any good ways for DIY?ДЄnd beside the money-thing: Why should I stay away from Synology? What are downsides beside the high price? So I would say the more drive bays, the better?ДЇor which usecase would I need hot swap drive bays? I only want to add more drives to replace them if they break or if I want to change them for higher capacity ones.ДЄnd when I build it myself, what is the best way to access the storage outside Plex remotely? Synology has the and the DS File App.

#BEST NAS FOR PLEX UPGRADE#

I thought about starting with 2 8TB Drives in Raid1 or if I take a Synology DS in SHR, so I get 8TB of usable storage space (or do you recommend another config?), but I want to upgrade it when more and more Movies and TV-Shows are filling it up. I want to use it as a Plex Server with at least one 4K Stream (2-3 are better) and I will store the Movies as. The hard part is deciding how much storage you need and how many drives you want to be able to add as well as if you want hot swap drive bays or not because all of this decides which case you will need. In terms of hardware all you need is an i3 10100 with like 16GB of ram and thats it. If you want transcoding stay away from Synology and save a ton of money doing so.

#BEST NAS FOR PLEX HOW TO#

Should I buy a prebuilt NAS, or should I build it on my own? And what would you recommend? (IВ know that prebuilds are more user-friendly but probably more expensive, and I know how to build PC's and set them up, so that shouldn't be the problem but I don't know what's important for a Server/NAS like this) (Or configured in a way that lets my Swap a Drive for one with a higher capacity without losing the Data of the old Drive) I want to access it remotely from wherever I am (or my Family) to Upload of Download something. I want a Plex Server that can stream 4K Movies/Videos to at least one User (2-3 would be preferable), with enough Storage for a lot of 4K and HD Movies/Videos and other Data like Pictures and Documents that don't need a that much Storage Space.

#BEST NAS FOR PLEX PC#

How would that work? Do I Connect a PC with no mass storage to a Synology DS and let it do the CPU-heavy work? Other Users on Reddit or the LTT Forum say that a NAS should only be used as the storage Device and the Transcoding should be done by another PC. There are some Guides that say a Synology DS1520+ (or similar Devices) is good enough for a Plex Server and is capable of 4K transcoding. I'm new toВ NAS / Server, but I read a bit, and now I amВ confused.

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