01-23-2025, 12:35 PM
Hi
I have a DS 920+ with 4 14TB drives running in SHR1 . I use it as a Plex Media Server and storage of mkv files that I have ripped from 4k discs. The DS920 does the transcoding when needed for rooms in the house that do not have 4k TV's or a player incapable of transcoding.
I am getting low on storage space, & would like to expand rather than delete.
What is the best option, from a hardware stability, Plex performance standpoint?
Is it a DX 517? If so should I expand the pool or should I make this a separate volume? If it is a second volume, I would just have to point plex to it, correct?
Is it a second NAS unit, that would serve as essentially JBOD, and point plex to it, allowing the 920 to continue to do transcoding? Is there a performance hit of data going over the network to be transcoded, then sent back over the network to my streaming boxes?
I know I could buy larger drives, but I do not want to have perfectly good 14TB drives sitting on a shelf.
Many thanks.
I have a DS 920+ with 4 14TB drives running in SHR1 . I use it as a Plex Media Server and storage of mkv files that I have ripped from 4k discs. The DS920 does the transcoding when needed for rooms in the house that do not have 4k TV's or a player incapable of transcoding.
I am getting low on storage space, & would like to expand rather than delete.
What is the best option, from a hardware stability, Plex performance standpoint?
Is it a DX 517? If so should I expand the pool or should I make this a separate volume? If it is a second volume, I would just have to point plex to it, correct?
Is it a second NAS unit, that would serve as essentially JBOD, and point plex to it, allowing the 920 to continue to do transcoding? Is there a performance hit of data going over the network to be transcoded, then sent back over the network to my streaming boxes?
I know I could buy larger drives, but I do not want to have perfectly good 14TB drives sitting on a shelf.
Many thanks.