WilDDog Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Hi all, long time no type I have a HP generation 8 nas 16tb that I use for running plex with xpenology. I'm running out of space. I need the forums expert knowledge on whether to get another HP or a Synology DS418 Play? Or would you recommend something else such as Qnap? Thanks WD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 My DS214Play works fine as a fileserver but doesn't have the chops for the transcoding work of a media server. I'm sure you're more than capable of checking the 218 vs. 418 processor specs. So I keep the media files on the DS and use my desktop machine as the media server and that setup seems to work grand. I've, in the last couple of months, replaced the 3Tb disks in the DS with 6Tb ones in a seamless upgrade. If you have the disk(s) in the HP running as a RAID and can hot swap them I'd be inclined to go for that. If it ain't broke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I like QNAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Another option. You could mount a Synology/QNAP as an iSCSI target in xpenology. Thus - keeping your HP server as the head-end, but backing the storage off to a NAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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