Need advice NAS acquisition advice for Beeftrash: enthusiast, 1500 USD

[Beeftrash]

Usage type: enthusiast

Preferred form factor RS (RackStation)

Number of bays: 6-bays or more

Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? Yes

Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: not sure

This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, surveillance, downloads (torrents, USENET, WebDAV, FTP, etc.)

Max budget for this setup: 1500 USD

Number of users that will utilize this NAS: 2

Any preferred network connectivity? 1G

Where will this NAS be used: LAN and over the Internet

Any special network requirements: /

Special cloud provider connectivity: /

Additional information:
Want to stream 4k internal on home LAN.

 

[WST16]

A few points:

• AFIK, RackStations don’t support transcoding (the ability to hardware-transcode a stream on the fly). Some think hardware-transcoding is a gimmick while some believe it’s a must-have.
• RackStations are loud (from what I keep reading, never used them).
• I think RackStations are more finicky now about what drives you can use since Synology is trying to position itself as a mover and shaker in the enterprise domain.

I’m sure you’ll have more input from others here. Hang on, it’s going to be fun choosing your first NAS

 

[Beeftrash]

A few points:

• AFIK, RackStations don’t support transcoding (the ability to hardware-transcode a stream on the fly). Some think hardware-transcoding is a gimmick while some believe it’s a must-have.
• RackStations are loud (from what I keep reading, never used them).
• I think RackStations are more finicky now about what drives you can use since Synology is trying to position itself as a mover and shaker in the enterprise domain.

I’m sure you’ll have more input from others here. Hang on, it’s going to be fun choosing your first NAS

Thanks @WST16. I already own a DS415+ and think it is about time to upgrade. I also upgrade my server rack and was just trying to use the most out of my space. I have no issue getting a DS. I guess my questions relate to which DS to get and should I wait for the 2022 models. I want this to be my HTPC and storage for media. Will be running Plex

 

[WST16]

A 1520+ is good for media hosting if you need transcoding. If not, the 1621+ is very tempting (or some RackStation).
If you can wait, why not. They might bring 10GBE to the replacements of the above, although Synology tends to be slow so no guarantees.