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Best nas software for home built? - Enquiries - 02-28-2020
I have a older pc I built in 2014 for a NAS running win 7 then upgraded to win 10. just runs plex for windows headless. 1gbe cat 7 cable, 4tb NAS Seagate drives in raid 0. its been a good server for me but ever since going to win 10 home the file transfer from pc to server and vice versa has not worked at all. as well the old amd Athlon 5350 is showing its age. inability to transcode anything above SD quality requires a lot more user end knowledge than most of my family has.
I will likely build some new hardware into the box to fix the transcoding issues, however I still am not sure windows 10 (even if I get pro this time) will be my best option for a headless OS. I need somthing that can file transfer seamless but not cost me much in software license. im working on a budget for this file server and don't need to spend for fancy features in a NAS os. Im not a fan of Linux mostly due to poor experiences with the community in the past and low hardware support for special functions like VCE decoding on my amd hardware... What do you suggest? Am I on the right path to just put win 10 pro in for the new hardware next time?
Best nas software for home built? - ed - 02-24-2021
The OS will not change the performance. But you can get a Pro version cheaper if you look for OEM version: https://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-keyBut the most important factor is the hardware. You will need something with Celeron CPU at least J3355 (UK, USA 
or J3455. But preferably Pentium or Intel core I with GPU built-in.You will also notice that it is cheaper to buy a pre-built NUC PC rather than getting all components one by one. Look for Intel NUC or other brand mini PC and you will notice that OS often included free of charge.I hope this helps.