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Hey dudes. Im simply running a firetv for my home theatre. Probably will upgrade to something like Nvidia Shield in future. I was wondering what sort of NAS I should get. I've been deciding on a 2BAY NAS with no Raid. At the moment I can get a few different things pretty cheap, but I'm thinking like a QNAP TS231. My main question is can I use a seagate archive 8TB drive in a NAS such as the QNAP? I know it's not recommended and people have issues but I am only using the NAS for media streaming and won't be streaming constantly. Has anyone had any experience with this sort of set up?
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If you are in Europe, i would recommend getting HP Microserver G8 with G1610T. It costs around 200-250 euros in most European countries. Sadly elsewhere it is much, much more expensive. For non-RAID tasks the Seagate Archive might be considered usable; pretty much any RAID controller would start kicking that drive in a RAID array.
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I have had QNAP in several different modells now for the last 6 years without any problems. So I would recommend QNAP. Works like a charm and has alot of nice apps.
AppleTV 4K, LG 65E6 OLED TV, Marantz NR1606, Harmony Elite
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Just a thought... If you have a router at home maybe it have the ability to share an usb attached storage over the network? I have an ASUS RT-N66U it's a few years old but it can do this.
So if you already have the drives much cheaper to get a powered hdd usb case for the disks and let you router share them on the network.
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Just be aware that the G1610T will not be capable of transcoding under Plex too. But you can replace the CPU in the HP easely.
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I have an older QNAP 6-Bay NAS running for a 4+ years now. It is a great little unit with a ton of apps available. I use it not only to store my media on it but it also runs the MySQL for Kodi databases. Works like a charm. I believe newer units with fewer drives should also be good for your use. One good thing about these units is that you simply "set it and forget it", I have home servers as well which are a lot more versatile but also require a lot more management.