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QNAP TS-233 2-Bay NAS $156 + Free Shipping

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Amazon [amazon.com] has QNAP's TS-233 2-bay home NAS for $155.99. Shipping is free.

I believe this is the cheapest it's ever been.

Details:
  • 2GB RAM
  • 2 Bay
  • Diskless

About:
  • Budget-friendly Home NAS for file storage and multimedia streaming
  • Centrally store and organize personal or family photos, music, and videos
  • Mitigate the threat of ransomware with QNAP's storage snapshot technology
  • Effortlessly backup your Windows Computers with QNAP's NetBak Replicator software and Mac computers with Time Machine
  • Securely access your Files from anywhere with MyQNAPCloud
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Amazon [amazon.com] has QNAP's TS-233 2-bay home NAS for $155.99. Shipping is free.

I believe this is the cheapest it's ever been.

Details:
  • 2GB RAM
  • 2 Bay
  • Diskless

About:
  • Budget-friendly Home NAS for file storage and multimedia streaming
  • Centrally store and organize personal or family photos, music, and videos
  • Mitigate the threat of ransomware with QNAP's storage snapshot technology
  • Effortlessly backup your Windows Computers with QNAP's NetBak Replicator software and Mac computers with Time Machine
  • Securely access your Files from anywhere with MyQNAPCloud

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Jan 10, 2024 2:44 AM
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texstJan 10, 2024 2:44 AM
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Is that enough RAM?
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Jan 10, 2024 3:22 AM
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MicroNateJan 10, 2024 3:22 AM
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Not likely if you want to use apps...
Jan 10, 2024 3:54 AM
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JKimRXJan 10, 2024 3:54 AM
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ARM A55 processor; will get the job done if all you want to do is store / retrieve files. If you want to do literally anything more than that, then pass on this.
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Jan 10, 2024 4:09 AM
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sweetboy0715
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Jan 10, 2024 4:09 AM
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Web Hosting?
Jan 10, 2024 2:40 PM
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jacob2012Jan 10, 2024 2:40 PM
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Quote from MicroNate View quoted comment :
Not likely if you want to use apps...
Not enough ram for running Emby or using app to browse family photos, even mostly just one client? Can we upgrade the ram?
Jan 10, 2024 3:19 PM
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BrianK7523Jan 10, 2024 3:19 PM
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I have the TS-133 which seems to be identical other than 1 bay vs 2 bay. It can serve up your files just fine but I wouldn't expect much more out of it. I have all my movies and TV shows stored on it but I am running Plex on other hardware.

I also have the photos from my iphone backing up to it. It handles that fine.

I plugged an external USB hard drive into it for backups. That works well.

Just for fun I was able to get Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, qbittorrent, and vpn running on it. The containers ran out of resources/memory and crashed almost daily. So I deleted those and let it just handle file serving.
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Jan 10, 2024 3:34 PM
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BrianK7523Jan 10, 2024 3:34 PM
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Quote from jacob2012 View quoted comment :
Not enough ram for running Emby or using app to browse family photos, even mostly just one client? Can we upgrade the ram?
Ram is not upgradeable/expandable on these.

It would be perfectly fine for hosting and indexing family photos.

If you want to use it as the file storage for Emby it could absolutely handle that.

I have more experience with Plex server but I don't think it would handle that very well. Probably the same with Emby. It is possible to install it, but I think it would skip and lag based on my experience with other apps. https://emby.media/community/inde...ap-ts-233/
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Jan 10, 2024 4:07 PM
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jacob2012Jan 10, 2024 4:07 PM
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Quote from BrianK7523 View quoted comment :
Ram is not upgradeable/expandable on these.

It would be perfectly fine for hosting and indexing family photos.

If you want to use it as the file storage for Emby it could absolutely handle that.

I have more experience with Plex server but I don't think it would handle that very well. Probably the same with Emby. It is possible to install it, but I think it would skip and lag based on my experience with other apps. https://emby.media/community/inde...ap-ts-233/
Thanks for the helpful info. Did you measure how much watt it consumes?
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Jan 10, 2024 4:52 PM
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Jan 10, 2024 4:52 PM
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Some more detailed info on using this as a Plex server: https://nascompares.com/guide/qna...nas-tests/

but yeah, I wouldn't really recommend it for that. If you're able to direct play everything it might be OK but if you need to transcode or burn subs or whatever, it's probably not going to cut it.

Pair this with one of those cheap N100 mini PCs that are always on sale for < $150 and you'll have a quiet, low-power setup that can handle multiple 4K transcodes without breaking a sweat.
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Jan 10, 2024 8:53 PM
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BrianK7523Jan 10, 2024 8:53 PM
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Quote from jacob2012 View quoted comment :
Thanks for the helpful info. Did you measure how much watt it consumes?
I didn't measure but their specs say 3.43W at idle and 10.81W typical load.

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/produc...t_overview
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Jan 11, 2024 1:12 AM
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slicksdealJan 11, 2024 1:12 AM
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Quote from jacob2012 View quoted comment :
Not enough ram for running Emby or using app to browse family photos, even mostly just one client? Can we upgrade the ram?
Mine works completely fine running Emby, SMB, WebDav, VPN Client, and qBittorrent 24/7.
Jan 11, 2024 1:13 AM
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slicksdealJan 11, 2024 1:13 AM
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Quote from BrianK7523 View quoted comment :
Ram is not upgradeable/expandable on these.

It would be perfectly fine for hosting and indexing family photos.

If you want to use it as the file storage for Emby it could absolutely handle that.

I have more experience with Plex server but I don't think it would handle that very well. Probably the same with Emby. It is possible to install it, but I think it would skip and lag based on my experience with other apps. https://emby.media/community/inde...ap-ts-233/ [emby.media]
No issues at all with Emby for direct play, probably just can't transcode.
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Smoke1234Jan 11, 2024 1:26 AM
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Everyone talking about photos..what about movies? Can I rip a movie then upload to this and have my personal netflix? I'd also like to upload music if possible.
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Jan 12, 2024 2:22 PM
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BrianK7523Jan 12, 2024 2:22 PM
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Quote from Smoke1234 View quoted comment :
Everyone talking about photos..what about movies? Can I rip a movie then upload to this and have my personal netflix? I'd also like to upload music if possible.
Using it as storage for your movies and media is absolutely fine. The only question is if you want to use it as your server as well. It sounds like Emby is ok if you don't need transcoding and probably the same for Plex. But if you have multiple clients and/or transcoding probably a bad experience.

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