02-18-2025, 09:00 AM
Dear NASCompares,
I'm planning on buying my first NAS and I'm uncertain of which specs I need.
I'd use it mostly for storage (RAID 5?), and as a media player for 4K movies, tv series and music (mostly local but I'd like the possibility to stream it from somewhere else).
I'm pretty sure I'm going to use Jellyfin for all this stuff except music, but I'll sort that later, because I want to be able to listen my music with my Hi-Fi system which can use also Ethernet/Wi-Fi via DTS Play-Fi.
I don't know if transcoding will be necessary, my bandwidth is mostly free (1Gb local, 10Mb upload to internet) and I'll probably use TV boxes where needed.
I'm also a 3D artist with a pretty big library with textures and 3D models, with work files too which can be heavy sometimes.
I was looking at QNAP, but I don't know which product to choose. I don't want to spend a lot of money on hardware I won't use, but I would like some upgradeability too, if my needs change.
Thanks!
I'm planning on buying my first NAS and I'm uncertain of which specs I need.
I'd use it mostly for storage (RAID 5?), and as a media player for 4K movies, tv series and music (mostly local but I'd like the possibility to stream it from somewhere else).
I'm pretty sure I'm going to use Jellyfin for all this stuff except music, but I'll sort that later, because I want to be able to listen my music with my Hi-Fi system which can use also Ethernet/Wi-Fi via DTS Play-Fi.
I don't know if transcoding will be necessary, my bandwidth is mostly free (1Gb local, 10Mb upload to internet) and I'll probably use TV boxes where needed.
I'm also a 3D artist with a pretty big library with textures and 3D models, with work files too which can be heavy sometimes.
I was looking at QNAP, but I don't know which product to choose. I don't want to spend a lot of money on hardware I won't use, but I would like some upgradeability too, if my needs change.
Thanks!