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Hi,

I am looking to consolidate my existing Plex servers onto one NAS. I currently have a WD PR2100 which hosts my main Plex server with my 2015 imac supporting. Along with this I have another plex server running on an Nvidia Shield TV Pro, this typically is used for 4k media saved on a usb drive plugged direct into the shield. In terms of client devices I will mainly be using an Apple TV 4k but also have the ability to use other devices such as the shield. My goal is to have a 4 bay NAS that will be powerful enough to stream 4k, HEVC265, ideally transcoding should not be needed locally but need the ability to have this covered. Finally it needs to be able to stream remotely at 1080p.

I have been looking at Synology DS920+ and QNAP (many devices) but cannot work out what unit would be best, I am open to all suggestions. Budget is not fixed in stone as it is more important to get the right solution.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Regards

Jon

For your media streaming needs, you may want to consider a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device with a powerful processor and plenty of memory. Both the Synology DS920+ and some of the QNAP NAS devices you mentioned should be able to handle the tasks you've described.

The Synology DS920+ is a 4-bay NAS device with an Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core processor and 4GB of DDR4 memory (expandable to 8GB). It has a hardware transcoding engine that can handle 4K video and supports H.265 (HEVC) playback. It also has support for streaming media to multiple devices simultaneously, and it can be accessed remotely for streaming at 1080p.

This model might not be available for much longer. It will do what you want. Otherwise, you can get Qnap 53d or 64 series NAS which also has Celeron CPU.

I hope this helps.