Consensus on best NAS for Plex in 2021?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Is there a consensus on the best NAS for Plex in 2021?

I have been researching for days ! there’s too many options! haha.

Leaning towards Qnap TS-253D 8gb (2 bay).

Wish list:

  • 2 bay
  • Fast enough to handle 1 stream of 4k
  • Quiet NAS. My understanding is 5400rpm drives are best for this, or SSD.
  • Ability to backup to a secondary NAS offsite.
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To help you in your journey

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Best NAS is the one you build based on your requirements. Then use FreeNas or Unraid as the operating system. I myself use Unraid and love it. Just do some research as to what would best fit your needs.

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And then you’ll get some idiot coming along and tell you TrueNAS Core or TrueNAS Scale (about to release) is better :rofl:

Even though I really like the QNAP hardware, their software is getting worse imho.
I’m currently battling a problem where I experience a 50+ % loss of Disk I/O performance. From 1.2 GB/sec → 500 MB/sec ? :angry:

I’m giving them time to resolve because I’m not the typical user but, if it doesn’t resolve, I will load TrueNAS Scale on it without hesitation.

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