Nas home server for 4k streaming

Dogfood09 · 15 Aug 2018 at 17:23

Hi all,
Can anyone recommend a nas for me, the plan is to stream my movie collection which contains 4k movies to my nvidia sheild using plex. Currently using my desktop pc, but I don't like to keep it powered on all the time. Really know very little about home servers , so would appreciate some kind advice. Have a maximum of £600 to spend. Need hard drives too.

Many thanks

Dogfood09 · 15 Aug 2018 at 20:11

Ideally around 6tb to start off with

Dogfood09 · 16 Aug 2018 at 07:21

What qnap do you have ?

Dogfood09 · 16 Aug 2018 at 08:07

Nice, way above my price range though

Dogfood09 · 16 Aug 2018 at 11:29

No, I'm a Surrey boy, Gatwick

Dogfood09 · 16 Aug 2018 at 11:30

deuse said:
I bought a 2 bay nas...then a 4 bay nas....then this 8 bay one.
It would have been cheaper to buy the 8 bay in the first place

Does the 2 and 4 bay have the same features, looks like this is what I need

Dogfood09 · 16 Aug 2018 at 16:22

Will have to do some more research , i take it I can just sling one hard drive in for now and not have it back up, until I can fill the other 3 bays and it will work as normal?? And what is the benefit of having HDMI? Can I connect it to my tv and play the files directly? Apologies if these are stupid questions , really have no clue, just want one place where I can store all my media instead of having external drives everywhere.

Many thanks guys

Dogfood09 · 16 Aug 2018 at 20:13

So in theory if I buy two 3tb drives, one drive would have my media on it and the other would have the same media (copies) in case of drive failure? Can you choose not have it backed up and use the full storage of both drives ?

Dogfood09 · 16 Aug 2018 at 23:18

Think I might give up trying to find the right nas for me, don't know enough about them, so will just get me 2 4tb external drives and attached them to the sheild , will save me some money too