01-03-2025, 05:27 PM
Thank you for the detailed overview of your current setup! Based on what you've shared, moving your Plex server to the QNAP TS-1273u could make a lot of sense for several reasons:
Hardware Utilization: Your QNAP’s AMD RX-421ND with 32GB of RAM, plus the potential to add a Quadro P1000, is well-suited for Plex, especially for hardware transcoding. This would free up your Windows machine for other tasks or allow you to retire it, saving power and maintenance effort.
Storage Optimization: The QNAP's RAID 6 configurations offer better data redundancy than your current non-RAID setup on Windows. Combining your x6 10TB drives with Qtier Auto Tiering across SSD and NVME pools would provide both performance and capacity.
Centralized Management: Running Plex and Sonarr directly on the QNAP would simplify your setup, consolidating everything into a single device optimized for media and application hosting.
Recommendation:
Plex on QNAP: Install Plex directly on the QNAP and enable hardware transcoding. The Quadro P1000, if added, would enhance transcoding performance for multiple streams.
Sonarr: You can also run Sonarr on the QNAP via the App Center or Docker, ensuring seamless integration.
Windows as Backup: Repurpose your Windows server as a backup or secondary system for redundancy.
Hardware Utilization: Your QNAP’s AMD RX-421ND with 32GB of RAM, plus the potential to add a Quadro P1000, is well-suited for Plex, especially for hardware transcoding. This would free up your Windows machine for other tasks or allow you to retire it, saving power and maintenance effort.
Storage Optimization: The QNAP's RAID 6 configurations offer better data redundancy than your current non-RAID setup on Windows. Combining your x6 10TB drives with Qtier Auto Tiering across SSD and NVME pools would provide both performance and capacity.
Centralized Management: Running Plex and Sonarr directly on the QNAP would simplify your setup, consolidating everything into a single device optimized for media and application hosting.
Recommendation:
Plex on QNAP: Install Plex directly on the QNAP and enable hardware transcoding. The Quadro P1000, if added, would enhance transcoding performance for multiple streams.
Sonarr: You can also run Sonarr on the QNAP via the App Center or Docker, ensuring seamless integration.
Windows as Backup: Repurpose your Windows server as a backup or secondary system for redundancy.