I have a Qnap TS-863U (firmware 4.3.6.0923) running Plex (1.15.6.1079), all working fine.
the TS-863U has an AMD GX-420MC CPU (4 core, 2,000Mhz) and whilst that’s just fine for 99% of stuff, it simply can’t deal with transcoding high bit-rate stuff or 4K (unsurprisingly).
As it has PCI-E slots (I believe it’s X8 but not 100% on this), I was looking for a GPU solution.
Looking at Qnap’s info, they only have compatible network cards listed - I guess they saw no reason to certify GPU’s?
I did, all the stuff I could see is network related, did not see any GPU’s?
Any suggestions/recommendations? ideally need something that can deal with x265 as well as x264.
was looking for a head-less GPU but the only one I can find is the nVidia Tesla car, and apart from being big bucks, it’s a full height car and I don;t think that’s a starter (Qnap is a 2U high box).
Some of QNAP NAS models don’t support a GPU because of power supply limitations.
They have the PCI-E slots for USB, ethernet, etc, but can’t handle a GPU card.
I’ve asked their Engineering folks about it and the primary drivers are:
No secondary supply
No room in the unit for a larger supply (like the TVS-1282’s can accommodate).
This said, If there are no recommended GPUs on QNAP’s list (they are very liberal on GPUs), then there are none which will work at all and the most likely reason is “Lack of power”. The next most likely reason is “Insufficient depth or width for a card” (half-length and single width cards only).
Thought that might be the case, clearly the PSU is not going to support a big/powerful card, (250W), was just hoping for a cheap older card solution like a nVidia P600 or the like?
I was looking to see if anybody else has going down this route?
