I want to store, and stream, my movies to my TV via my Denon receiver and for the movies to be accessible on the home network. I'm a simple man and really dont have that much in the way of storage requirements. I expect to only use 2TB or at a push 4TB but 2 is plenty.
At the moment my setup works quite well as I have movies on my iMac and stream using Plex to my Firestick and then onto the TV via the Denon. All works well but as I gradually increase my ripping of my movies I can see a need to take them off the iMac. I also have a Dune HD which works well but I expect will have to go if I set this up right. I hardly use it now
My original intention was to go for a microserver, my son had a HP Gen 8, but he does quite a bit on it but given my, relative, low storage requirements its seems overkill. I dont use 4k like him but may in the future of course. So my thoughts turned to a NAS. Had a 2 bay Qnap on Raid 1 before and it worked fine. But my current thoughts were single Bay, prob Syntology, with USB drive as a backup on the basis of cost and simplicity. Most of my files are .mkv and 1080p as is the TV.
But I keep going round in circles on this. Syntology DS-118 keeps popping up with either 2TB or 4TD and matching USB backup drive.
Thank you for you patience and any advice appreciated
At the moment my setup works quite well as I have movies on my iMac and stream using Plex to my Firestick and then onto the TV via the Denon. All works well but as I gradually increase my ripping of my movies I can see a need to take them off the iMac. I also have a Dune HD which works well but I expect will have to go if I set this up right. I hardly use it now
My original intention was to go for a microserver, my son had a HP Gen 8, but he does quite a bit on it but given my, relative, low storage requirements its seems overkill. I dont use 4k like him but may in the future of course. So my thoughts turned to a NAS. Had a 2 bay Qnap on Raid 1 before and it worked fine. But my current thoughts were single Bay, prob Syntology, with USB drive as a backup on the basis of cost and simplicity. Most of my files are .mkv and 1080p as is the TV.
But I keep going round in circles on this. Syntology DS-118 keeps popping up with either 2TB or 4TD and matching USB backup drive.
Thank you for you patience and any advice appreciated
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