10-24-2024, 01:34 PM
Glad you're diving into the NAS world—exciting times ahead! For your first question, yes, most of the time when we run tests (like the one you saw in the video), it’s with the default 2GB of RAM, no upgrades. For typical use cases like Plex, phone backups, and file storage, 2GB is often enough, especially if you're not running heavy background tasks like Docker containers or virtual machines.
That being said, the RAM on the DS224+ is upgradable if you ever find yourself needing more, but for your listed needs, the Celeron processor in the DS224+ can handle a single 4K transcode in Plex just fine. If you're looking for heavier multitasking or multiple 4K streams, then yeah, something like a QNAP 73A series with a GPU upgrade (through the PCIe slot) would be the way to go.
Terramaster have no good phone backup app.
That being said, the RAM on the DS224+ is upgradable if you ever find yourself needing more, but for your listed needs, the Celeron processor in the DS224+ can handle a single 4K transcode in Plex just fine. If you're looking for heavier multitasking or multiple 4K streams, then yeah, something like a QNAP 73A series with a GPU upgrade (through the PCIe slot) would be the way to go.
Terramaster have no good phone backup app.