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New to NAS - What are the recommended solutions? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, I am thinking about getting myself a NAS to host mainly Immich and Plex. Got a couple of questions for the experienced folk;

Is Synology the best/easiest way to start? If not, what are the closest alternatives?
What OS should i go for? OMV, Synology's OS, or UNRAID?
Mainly gonna host Plex/Jellyfin, and Synology Photos/Immich - not decided quite what solutions to go for.

Appricate any tips :sparkles:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use xpenology on my old gaming rig as server (no GPU). And i love it. Had unraid before was also very good but diffrent. My main usage is to store Family Files and Photos and the best software ist Synology fotos for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ZimaBoard 832 with two 2TB SSDs and OMV is my setup. Pair it with tailscale for availability wherever you go.

I wasn't a fan of Immich. Although I'm trying to replace Google photos soy opinion is a bit skewed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a QNAP NAS that I love. Can't recommend it enough.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I’m a big fan of unraid but I will admit it’s overkill for a simple media server.

A synology NAS should be plenty powerful enough for most streaming needs so long as you’re willing to let your media transcode first and you’re not streaming to too many devices at once.

I use my unraid NAS to run sonar/radarr/readarr/prowlarr, stable diffusion, myjdownloader, a few vms and at one point even my lemmy instance. But honestly aside from stable diffusion and the VMs a synology NAS should have enough power to run a handful of other apps in addition to plex/jellyfin

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