I’m looking to buy a Synology NAS Server. The one I was looking at is DS2419+ from Synology. Will this work well for Plex. I did not see this one on the compatible list Plex put out. I have built my pc originally to act like a server. Now I want a server. This seems some what reasonable. I’m also looking for something that can handle a lot of HDD drives and can run movies flawless with out taking time to load and stutter.
Please help!
My apologies for having missed the DS2419+ from the Compatibility list.
I’ve corrected the NAS Compatibility Guide.
Ok what do you think about Synology DS3617xs that one is on the list what do you think about that one.
If not the Synology DS3617xs. What you recommend that would be a great Synology NAS for what I’m looking for. With acceleration. Smooth watching movies and plenty of HDD disk Space
Do you need HEVC transcoding?
Will the Synology DS3617xs transcode it. Are you also talking about H264 and H265.
HEVC == H.265.
None of the Synology NAS units which are Xeon based have hardware transcoding ability.
What NAS ones do that can handle 12 drives. Or are there any that can handle 12 drives?
Yes, QNAP
What is your full need / requirement?
I’ll pick out a few options.
I’m using it for Plex. Lots of space for movie, TV shows and Music Mostly. I can handle lots of drive. Streaming smooth and it will pick up the tv show or movie quick. Kinda like Netflix
I have looked at so many even Qnap and dont know what to get. It would be great if you have an Idea on what Qnap NAS drive would work great for me.
Thanks
I have the 1817+ that i am pretty sure has the same cpu. It does plex but only fairly.
I also have a qnap tvs 1282 (i7) and ts 1277 ( ryzen 7) .
The qnap are 8 Hdd bays + 4 ssd + m.2 and cards options.
But cost half as much again on the Syno.
If u want grunt either of the qnap will handle all plex will throw at it.
My recommendation is:
What you end up with:
In my configuration:
As Spike states, it will cost now as much as the Syno but will handle anything you throw at it plus more.
Options for you:
Hi ChuckPa, This is what I have come up with from B & H. Is this right. I have looked all over on the site with this model number and I only see a 250w. Here is what I found. I have 12 tb enterprise drives that I want to swap over to the NAS once I get it. Will it handle these HDD drives? And for now can I get it up and running with out the extra stuff you listed. Here is what I found on the NAS server you gave me I could not find a 350w just the 250w QNAP TVS-1282T3 80TB 12-Bay NAS Array (8 x 10TB) and the 64bit this is from B & H
The 250w model will handle all the drives without question.
The 350w model is only for those cases when you want to add a Nvidia GPU card (power hog) to it as well.
The TVS-1282-i7-T3, emphasis on “KabyLake” CPU, is what you want.
You will need that CPU to transcode HEVC (H.265) UHD video files. The normal (stock) US model is the i7-6700. It will not trancode UHD. It will do everything else except UHD .
The “T3” gives you the high speed expansion USB 3.2 ports and 10 GbE Ethernet ports all at once. It’s a very nice package deal.
Those USB 3.2 ports will service your expansion disk bay at full speed of the drives.
I bought mine as a bare TVS-1282. I then went and added the pieces to bring it up to the TVS-1282-i7-T3 level over time.
That sounds great. But I have checked the only ones I see through B&H or amazon or New Egg is the US version with the output wattage of 250watts. Please take a look. The one I would buy I guess is the one for over 6000 dollars. Unless you have an idea where I can go for the 350watt one. Also can I use a 12tb HDD on it. 3.5 it’s an enterprise/Data center drive. I just want to swap my drives over from my pc Build
Before you spend a lot of cash on a new NAS to be able to transcode HVEC, be aware that a lot of content using this codec also have 10 bit color depth, and PMS isnt able to tonemap this, nor preserve it when transcoding the video. Until this is sorted and we see how taxing this will be on the cpu/gpu, I would hold off the purchase. Or get a much cheaper NAS now, and direct play all content.
The 250w power supply in the TVS-1282 will handle a fully loaded chassis.
The NAS is currently rated for the 16TB drives.
Here is the list of QNAP tested drives.
I am on the phone with QNAP as I write this.
We’ll come up with a viable configuration. I think $6000 is way over the top.
We’re starting with this and building up.
QNAP 3U 16-Bay NAS with Intel Core i3-8100 4-Core 3.6 Ghz (2 X 4GB) 500W Redundant Power Supply
TVS-1672XU-RP-I3-8G-US
I’m waiting for Sales to respond with specifics.
Does this form factor work for you? (it is a rack unit - 3U high)
We have a workable solution
How it will work.
Based on B&H pricing,
I recommend installing M.2 SSDs for QTS (the OS) on the TVS-1282’s motherboard while the cover is open and before initial setup.
This will keep the OS and the data storage separate.
I use Samsung 860 Pro 1TB SSDs . Installing both increases I/O performance and allows redundancy (RAID the two together as one)
