So it's just a general question about VM's on Synology hardware.

[atrisk]

So I have a small work group 5 to 10 people that work in an office I'm thinking of putting in a Synology NAS now just for file sharing. Something in the plus range of Synology products, maybe the DiskStation® DS925+ I just need to run Quickbooks Desktop Enterprise software in Windows 11 for Multi user. 4 or 5 people connect using multi user, in QB to it from inside the office. I forgot that it might run the USP worldship software as well in the VM now. Using a windows server now for both it is about 8 years old so time to replace and don't really want a windows server any more.

would the DS925+ work fine for 5 people in the VM? if you have any experience with this please let me know what hardware you think I should get for the VM if the DS925 is on the low end and I would need more power.

Thanks
Scott

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[Rusty]

A few years back I tested the 923 model, that is not that far off from the current 925 in terms of specs.

Synology DS923+ review

Brand new #Synology #DS923 is here! A long-awaited 4-bay #NAS comes with an optional #10G, up to 32GB of RAM, and an #AMD Ryzen.

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Among tests there was VM testing as well. That setup was equipped with Synology enterprise SSDs and still the performance was not as you would expect from a computer running with the same drives.

If the soul intention is to run a VM on the NAS I would suggest having a dedicated small PC maybe even with NVMe setup. It will cost less and perform better. Use the NAS for storage and other “server like” tasks, not full GUI enabled virtualization.

my2c

 

[atrisk]

Thank you that is good input! Thanks.

 

[Cen Karter]

So I have a small work group 5 to 10 people that work in an office I'm thinking of putting in a Synology NAS now just for file sharing. Something in the plus range of Synology products, maybe the DiskStation® DS925+ I just need to run Quickbooks Desktop Enterprise software in Windows 11 for Multi user. 4 or 5 people connect using multi user, in QB to it from inside the office. I forgot that it might run the USP worldship software as well in the VM now. Using a windows server now for both it is about 8 years old so time to replace and don't really want a windows server any more.

would the DS925+ work fine for 5 people in the VM? if you have any experience with this please let me know what hardware you think I should get for the VM if the DS925 is on the low end and I would need more power.

Thanks
Scott

The DS925+ should be fine for a small office, as long as it’s upgraded. For 4–5 QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise users, plan on at least 16 GB of RAM, preferably 32 GB, and run the Windows 11 VM on SSD or NVMe storage. Assign 2–4 CPU cores and about 12–16 GB of RAM to the VM. With that setup, it should handle QuickBooks and UPS WorldShip reliably and replace the old Windows Server.