The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/watermeloans135 on 2024-06-27 11:19:52.
I wanted to get a NAS to store things like old pictures, videos, game highlights, etc; and also host a plex server or at least store tv shows/movies. Realistically I will probably only access it from my PC and maybe my iPad to watch a few shows. This might be a dumb reason, but one upside of a NAS is that I don't like the noise from hard drives (I only have SSDs in my PC), so since it's not in my room I'll never hear it. It would be nice to have around 20TB of usable storage
Would a NAS be appropriate in this scenario? I'm aware that NAS is not a backup, so I might keep like a 4TB external drive and back up the important stuff (probably ~1-2TB) once in a while.
Additionally, I've seen a lot of people warning against qnap because of its bad software and security. I've also seen a comment which said that as long as you follow best practices, their security is pretty much the same. So does QNAP vs syno vs asustor etc really matter for my use case? If possible, I would like to be able to access my NAS remotely, but if it's truly necessary I'm fine with just accessing it within the LAN.
And lastly, there is a lot discussion about transcoding, specs, etc which I'm really confused about. Currently I just play video files straight from my computer. If I'm going to use a plex server, and I want to play mostly 1080p x265 videos, and sometimes up to 2160p x265, will I have any issues with the specs of my NAS? I'm going to watch these videos from my PC and iPad (possibly TV in the future). For example, I was looking at the synology DS923+, and I've seen comments about its lack of an iGPU and bad transcoding performance.