Asustor AS6508T Vs Synology 1821+

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Rmani

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#307117 20-Sep-2023 22:42

Looking for a NAS for Media & Photos storage. Planning to use it as a Plex Media server. Friends might stream from it as well.

Hardware transcoding is preferred. Should be able to use a mix of different HDDs couple of 4TBs & 8TBs.

Trying to decide between Asustor AS6508T Vs Synology 1821+. Any suggestions/recommendations/gotchas.

TIA.

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#3129953 20-Sep-2023 23:22

For Plex go Intel with an iGPU. You’ll have a much better time.

If you want to consider building not buying unraid is a great option for mixed hard drives.

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#3130031 21-Sep-2023 10:01

Thanks for the suggestion.

I did consider building my own and explored pcpartpicker & unraid sites, went through few guides. Didn't get much confidence from them.

I can play around with programming but can't say the same for hardware. Hence, trying to buy off-the-shelf.

Having said that, if there is a step-by-step guide, will be happy to give a try.

Rmani