DS224+

I can give you slight context. So I have mine running the server on my Synology DS224+, which has Intel N4120 which is slightly worse off than i3-9100 you have there. Intel quick sync is pretty good at transcoding with 3-5 clients requiring simultaneous transcodes at 1080p. The experience is that, i

Since this is your first NAS - you really can’t beat Synology for the user interface and final product polish. It’s so easy to set up a caveman could do it (me). I am in a similar boat to you (NAS newbie) and have the DS224+ and it’s excellent. Perfect for my needs.

i always kept the plex data folder on a ssd and currently a NVMe drive now and never really saw any lag for the interface or when opening the media compared to when it was installed on spinning drives. Try doing a database clean up and increasing the DB cache size a little (Mine is currently at 256)

You genuinely might want to avoid Synology as well, UGreen would be my recommendation. Synology reversed their ban of third party HDD/SSD drives recently (M.2 drives are still banned) except the language they used in the press release implies they're DEFINITELY going to try again in the future. Also

I’ve run it on a DS224+ with only 4GB of RAM and it ran fine. The server has very little demand for computing power. It’s the clients (via a web browser) that needs the “oomph”. I wasn’t a savvy Docker user back then and had some trouble getting a network volume to mount to that Docker Container, so

Én jelenleg úgy futtatom, hogy a docker container-nek 3 GB RAM-ot adtam és annyival elvan szépen. Eddig egy Synology DS224+ futtata nálam, amiben összesen 6 GB RAM volt, van aki Raspberry Pi 4-en futtatja 2 GB RAM társaságában, de ott már kell a konfiguráción állítani, hogy a 4k videókkal ne legyen

I have a Synology DS224+ with 24TBx2. I keep my media around 1-3gb per hour of footage (usually 1080p). It can easily serve 3 direct play streams while barely making a dent to my overhead. I can also confirm 2 simultaneous transcodes without a hitch. Transcoding a movie (say 3gb) yields about a 15%

I use two WD Red 5400rpm on a Synology DS224+ connected via gigabit ethernet to my router. My main client is a wired 1st-gen Apple TV 4K (so my setup isn't the fastest). 😉Beside from scrubbing to a certain point on the video with activated preview thumbnails I didn't noticed any performance issues.

I can’t tell from your comment if the 1TB drive is backed up somewhere, or the contents of it are itself a backup, but if it’s not backed up, I would certainly add that. As for costs of self hosting vs cloud storage, it really depends on where in the world you live. In Northern Europe, with electric

This is the processor used in the Synology DS224+. It can run Plex or Jellyfin and multiple VMs without any problems. It can also handle a good firewall like IPFire.