08-31-2024, 09:35 PM
Hello,
I'm looking for a cost effective NAS that will act as a 4k film server for a media player. The media player is powerful and no transcoding is needed, just the storage of the films on a networked server. I won't be using it for VMs or any other extensive uses, just a plain film server.
I'd like a 4 or 5 bay unit networked with ethernet rather than USB. My current library (on various external HDDs) is around 15TB or so. It seems 8TB is a good price/space region so I will need 4-5 disks for adequate storage. Any particular NAS HDD to go for? Would use RAID 5.
The Synology DS1522+ does tick all the boxes but is expensive and seems overkill for what I need. Terramaster looked less overkill but they seem to do more USB stuff than network. and generally are limited to a 4 bay. Not sure now much RAM I need for 4k streaming. Is 2GB enough? If so, the F4-210(2GB) looked cheap but can't upgrade the RAM. Basically looking for one step up from JBOD!
Thanks for any advice!
BW
Ryan
I'm looking for a cost effective NAS that will act as a 4k film server for a media player. The media player is powerful and no transcoding is needed, just the storage of the films on a networked server. I won't be using it for VMs or any other extensive uses, just a plain film server.
I'd like a 4 or 5 bay unit networked with ethernet rather than USB. My current library (on various external HDDs) is around 15TB or so. It seems 8TB is a good price/space region so I will need 4-5 disks for adequate storage. Any particular NAS HDD to go for? Would use RAID 5.
The Synology DS1522+ does tick all the boxes but is expensive and seems overkill for what I need. Terramaster looked less overkill but they seem to do more USB stuff than network. and generally are limited to a 4 bay. Not sure now much RAM I need for 4k streaming. Is 2GB enough? If so, the F4-210(2GB) looked cheap but can't upgrade the RAM. Basically looking for one step up from JBOD!
Thanks for any advice!
BW
Ryan