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expired Posted by iconian | Staff • Jul 15, 2024
Jul 15, 2024 4:00 AM
Synology NAS Enclosures: DS224+ 2-Bay $240, DS923+ 4-Bay
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DS224+ (also 920+, 423+, 220+, 720+, 1520+) supports 4k transcoding with inbuilt GPU (rest Synology does not or very incapable). Adding RAM also help in overall performance. DS224+ is Value buy for first time Plex users (add more RAM to make it 6GB . RAMs are very inexpensive )
QNAP TS-464 has everything you need for Plex but little expensive.
FYI: 4k transcoding is mostly needed when you want to play your Plex content on mobile/ipad (assuming you have plex pass). On home TV, you rarely need 4k transcoding.
For non-Plex users , most of the NAS are fine.
Thanks for sharing & acknowledgement
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I have the Synology and my home router on a UPS. If we briefly lose power, the Synology keeps running, and if the outage lasts more than 15 minutes, the Synology gracefully shuts down and the UPS powers the router for another few hours.
The 923+ Synology has a feature called immutable snapshots. This hardware locks all of the internal snapshot backups so that they cannot be deleted or modified for 30 or 90 days. This protects you against ransomeware attacks.
Overall, Synology is the best there is for small and midsize business data storage and protection, especially if you don't want to store your data on the cloud. Just remember that if a thief breaks in, they'll steal everything, so you must have offsite data backup.
As a user, I love the Synology except that 1 Gb/s is very slow. The 923+ can support 10 Gb/s, which is very fast but also very expensive. For that kind of speed, locally attached storage is way better. What you can do instead is use 2.5 Gb/s Ethernet, which is very affordable.
I think I paid $229 for it and $80 per drive almost 6 years ago.
I have a Zidoo media player that accesses the files directly, so the lack of transcoding does not matter to me.
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I use wireguard to vpn in and use smb. But for offering access to others to specific folders, there problems like this arise.