November 30, 20205 yr Nice to introduce myself here and at the same time a thank you for all the clear answers on the forums that I have used quite a lot during the past weeks! After being a fairly satisfied user of Synology for a long time, my search for a new home / media server began. Since my server is used for about 99% for media streaming (PLEX), I had high demands on the transcoding capabilities. In addition, the number of PLEX users in the family is growing, which sometimes makes it difficult for the server to survive. At first, the choice would be easy: old Synology out and a new one in. But when figuring out and selecting the right NAS model, the price shocked me! so much money for comparatively so little hardware and with a wish to always build a PC myself, I started selecting and ordering parts. Since a new Synology would become quite expensive, I didn't save on hardware and now I hope to have a UNRAID server that I can enjoy for many years to come! my current setup: * SilverStone CS381 case * Intel XEON E21-46G CPU * 4x Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD - 16 GB DDR4 2666 MHz (ECC) * Asus WS C246M PRO * SilverStone AR11 CPU Cooler * SilverStone SX650-G PSU * Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA w/ LSI 9211-8i P20 Storage: * Cache: 1TB - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 * System: 1TB - Samsung 860 EVO SSD * Parity and storage: 6x WD RED 4TB After the entire installation it was time for a first transcode test this afternoon, the result:
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