[mds51]

Hello,

I wanted to start digitalizing my movie collection and therefore I am looking for a new NAS.
I want to manage my library with Kodi, so I'll probably buy a VERO 4k+ in addition.

But for the new NAS I'm not sure which one is the best for me? It should be capable of playing BD Remix and maybe for the future 4k.

I have at the moment two NAS in mind:
Synology DS1819+ 8G
and
QNAP TS-873 8G

Which one would be the best or any other recommendations?

Thanks in advance

[The_MjW]

I’d drop a question to NASCompares.com. They have a free advice thing going on.

Check their YouTube channel too, they might have reviewed the models you are interested in.

[mds51]

I wrote them yesterday, but want more opinions

[Mandraxbmc]

Any reason your going with a Nas , a server would be much cheaper and you'll be able to upgrade it if needed where you'll only end up replacing your Nas

[The_MjW]

I wrote them yesterday, but want more opinions

Hahah. I did pretty much things in the same order.

Anyway. If you get a Vero 4K+ to play 4K HDR material and you connect everything via gigabit. I don’t think you would have a problem with either of those or any cheaper NAS for that matter.

Since the Vero 4K+ will handle all playback and the NAS will only store and serve.

In theory at least. For a similar case scenario, including the Vero 4K+, I got recommended the Synology DS218. I’m planning to also run a BitTorrent client on the NAS which will add additional stress.

[noggin]

Any reason your going with a Nas , a server would be much cheaper and you'll be able to upgrade it if needed where you'll only end up replacing your Nas

 Yes - I'd agree. Once you get past a simple 4-drive NAS, a server becomes more compelling. I'm still very happy with unRAID and my DIY Celeron build.

[davilla]

I have both a Synology DS1817+ and a Qnap TS-669 Pro.

Got the Qnap TS-669 Pro, about a decade ago and recently updated it from 6X - 3GB to 6X - 6GB drives.
Got the Synology DS1817+ with 8X 6GB drives a few months ago.

Why two... Because RAID is not a backup solution Once I passed 10TB's of content, I became concerned of how much of a pain it would be to replace the contents if something bad happened to the Qnap TS-669 Pro.

I run both in RAID 6 so two disks can die and still recover after replacing them. The Qnap TS-669 Pro is the main NAS, with Synology DS1817+ serving as the backup. Someday, I might switch them around.

The Synology DS1817+ is faster than the Qnap TS-669 Pro but both are quite capable of streaming 4K, high bit rate content. The Synology also seems to have a more modern look/feel but both are linux under the hood. Both run Plex server ( and other, ah media acquisition apps) in docker containers. I highly recommend docker containers. They let you isolate applications and limit their prefs/files pollution to the docker container. 

In the past, I ran self built server, with a bunch of disks attached to it. It was a constant maintenance issue. Was always having to fix/update something on it. With the NAS, fill it with disks, turn it on and go. Synology/Qnap know their products are used in critical situations and are quite careful and capable with pushing updates.  Both are headless, they sit on a shelf and I ignore them  

Since moving to NAS's, I've never looked back. Little maintenance, just use it. Lets me concentrate on code development rather than diddle about with media storage solutions.

[noggin]

I have both a Synology DS1817+ and a Qnap TS-669 Pro.
In the past, I ran self built server, with a bunch of disks attached to it. It was a constant maintenance issue. Was always having to fix/update something on it. With the NAS, fill it with disks, turn it on and go. Synology/Qnap know their products are used in critical situations and are quite careful and capable with pushing updates.  Both are headless, they sit on a shelf and I ignore them  

  
To be fair that's how I run unRAID on mine. Both my unRAID servers are headless and I only upgrade them when I'm bored

I've had no major issues in a decade. (Which has now jinxed things)

[bry]

@davilla and I basically have the same setup except my qnap was a 639. Just switched to a Synology 1817+ 16gb ram 8x8tb. I went for ease of use at the premium cost vs home built.

[mds51]

Thank you all for your input. I want to stick with a bought one, not a self build one.

When I use a Vero 4k for the playback, the NAS hasn't be to powerful am I right?

So maybe a less powerful QNAP would do it too, like this: QNAP TS-832X-2G?