Synology/Intel Atom experts?

[Real_PhillBert]

I'm looking for a rack mountable NAS to be a general file depository, PLEX server, and NVR; right now I'm eyeing up a Synology RS1219+ but have a few questions.

 

Synology RS1219+

 

1) Is the Atom C2538 really enough to run plex on 2-3 devices? Right now It's all 1080, but 4k video files are certainly coming so I want the power to handle that.

 

2) Does anyone have any experience with using a Synology NAS as an NVR? Is this really the best way to go, or should I look at a dedicated NVR?

 

3) *Dumb Question Alert* This is an 8 bay NAS, can I populate five or six of the bays right away, then populate the remaining slots in the future as needed, or will this cause issues with the RAID configuration. I'm currently thinking RAID6 but I'm no expert, so if that's dumb I can move to something else. 

 

Thanks in advance for the advice!

[GrockleTD]

3 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I'm looking for a rack mountable NAS to be a general file depository, PLEX server, and NVR; right now I'm eyeing up a Synology RS1219+ but have a few questions.

 

Synology RS1219+

 

1) Is the Atom C2538 really enough to run plex on 2-3 devices? Right now It's all 1080, but 4k video files are certainly coming so I want the power to handle that.

 

2) Does anyone have any experience with using a Synology NAS as an NVR? Is this really the best way to go, or should I look at a dedicated NVR?

 

3) *Dumb Question Alert* This is an 8 bay NAS, can I populate five or six of the bays right away, then populate the remaining slots in the future as needed, or will this cause issues with the RAID configuration. I'm currently thinking RAID6 but I'm no expert, so if that's dumb I can move to something else. 

 

Thanks in advance for the advice!

 

Im no expert, but from what i have seen in LTT videos I sincerely doubt an intel atom will be enough for ingesting 4K video

[Real_PhillBert]

Just now, Grockle88 said:

 

Im no expert, but from what i have seen in LTT videos I sincerely doubt an intel atom will be enough for ingesting 4K video

This is kinda what I was thinking too

[NelizMastr]

6 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

 

1) Is the Atom C2538 really enough to run plex on 2-3 devices? Right now It's all 1080, but 4k video files are certainly coming so I want the power to handle that.

 

2) Does anyone have any experience with using a Synology NAS as an NVR? Is this really the best way to go, or should I look at a dedicated NVR?

 

3) *Dumb Question Alert* This is an 8 bay NAS, can I populate five or six of the bays right away, then populate the remaining slots in the future as needed, or will this cause issues with the RAID configuration. I'm currently thinking RAID6 but I'm no expert, so if that's dumb I can move to something else. 

 

Thanks in advance for the advice!

Might be a good idea to read up on some reviews on this diskstation  

 

https://nascompares.com/synology-rs1219-nas-review/   <-- this one has a ton of info on this model.

 

2) Not personally, and you'll need a ton of disk space if you want 24/7 recording. Surveillance station is supposedly pretty nice though.

 

3) SHR will allow you to expand your array to my knowledge, so use that instead of the traditional RAID levels

[Real_PhillBert]

1 minute ago, James Evens said:

Don't buy this. There is a design failure inside the CPU which lead to a defect. 

Really? Well that is interesting.

[Real_PhillBert]

New plan!

 

What are the thoughts on QNAP?

 

I see they offer some reasonably (lol, I know) priced options using Ryzen CPUs, which should be more than enough for what I want to do.

 

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/ts-877xu

 

Ryzen 3 1200, I'd buy the 4gb model I think, then add more memory as if needed. 

[NelizMastr]

1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Ryzen 3 1200, I'd buy the 4gb model I think, then add more memory as if needed. 

That's pretty insane. Go for it, lol.

[Real_PhillBert]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

That's pretty insane. Go for it, lol.

I cant imagine anything I'd want to do in my home that would need more power than this provides. 

 

There aren't a ton of options between Atoms and Xeons or these with Ryzen, it seems. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

21 hours ago, James Evens said:

Don't buy this. There is a design failure inside the CPU which lead to a defect. 

the new models have been fixed?

 

On 12/12/2018 at 7:09 AM, Real_PhillBert said:

) Is the Atom C2538 really enough to run plex on 2-3 devices? Right now It's all 1080, but 4k video files are certainly coming so I want the power to handle that.

Do you want to transcode? If yes, it won't be great, but these use the igpu aswell so it will be a good amount better than just using the cpu. If you aren't using transcoding, the is more than enough cpu power.

 

 

[Real_PhillBert]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

the new models have been fixed?

 

Do you want to transcode? If yes, it won't be great, but these use the igpu aswell so it will be a good amount better than just using the cpu. If you aren't using transcoding, the is more than enough cpu power.

I've been informed that this CPU is really not enough to do the transcoding. I'm now considering a QNAP with a Ryzen 3 1200.

[Electronics Wizardy]

6 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I've been informed that this CPU is really not enough to do the transcoding. I'm now considering a QNAP with a Ryzen 3 1200.

It has a igpu that synology, but its fine for some transcoding. It will probably handle OPs needs fine.