06-13-2023, 03:13 PM
Hi,
Yes you can.
Basically you should look at it the other way around.
You will be running a NAS - and on that NAS you can save your backups and run a Plex.
If you look at the YouTube channel you will see a bunch of videos comparing how well Plex runs on different NAS's.
But if all the devices that will look at content from your NAS can handle their own decoding (showing) of the video stream you will not need any transcoding - and therefore the need for a NAS with a GPU on the processor will decrease (not be needed).
So that is the only thing I think you need to consider - what will be your use case and then buy the NAS.
Yes you can.
Basically you should look at it the other way around.
You will be running a NAS - and on that NAS you can save your backups and run a Plex.
If you look at the YouTube channel you will see a bunch of videos comparing how well Plex runs on different NAS's.
But if all the devices that will look at content from your NAS can handle their own decoding (showing) of the video stream you will not need any transcoding - and therefore the need for a NAS with a GPU on the processor will decrease (not be needed).
So that is the only thing I think you need to consider - what will be your use case and then buy the NAS.
My systems:
DS1821+, 10 Gbit NIC, 32 GB RAM, 5 Exynos 14 TB (1 spare on shelf) | DS3612XS, 10 Gbit NIC, 12 WD RED 3 TB (one hot spare)