06-30-2023, 08:30 PM
I need to replace my old Synology DS209+II. Right now I am looking at the Synology DS943. I need to know the best way to configure it to meet my needs today and in the future. Basically I want to
1 - use it as a media server - currently use Plex, eventually migrate to Zappiti
2 - Starting to do video processing on my PC. I hear how many applications can use the NAS as the PC hard drive, with little latency in processing the videos.
3 - Photo storage and distribution - currently use Synology Photo Station 6 so clients can see the photos I have taken for them.
4- Of course backup.
I saw your video about using M.2 NVMe SSD in storage pools. When the video was created, there were some caveats around using m.2 as storage pools. Is that still the case? Does it have to be Synology M.2's? How big a performance improvement will I see.
Thanks in advance
Anthony Phipps
1 - use it as a media server - currently use Plex, eventually migrate to Zappiti
2 - Starting to do video processing on my PC. I hear how many applications can use the NAS as the PC hard drive, with little latency in processing the videos.
3 - Photo storage and distribution - currently use Synology Photo Station 6 so clients can see the photos I have taken for them.
4- Of course backup.
I saw your video about using M.2 NVMe SSD in storage pools. When the video was created, there were some caveats around using m.2 as storage pools. Is that still the case? Does it have to be Synology M.2's? How big a performance improvement will I see.
Thanks in advance
Anthony Phipps