Best NAS?

Channels DVR Server
#21

Looks like a good deal right now

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#22

Agree !

#23

I bought four 4TB. Now I guess I’m pot committed to buying the 920+!

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#24

I doubt you will regret your purchase decision. After several years of using mine, I'm still discovering useful features. My latest discovery is the ability to synchronize folders between my networked HTPC and my 920+ using "Synology Drive Server": How to sync files between Synology NAS and your computer using Synology Drive Client - Synology Knowledge Center

I do H.265 (HEVC) transcoding of my Channels DVR recordings to significantly reduce file sizes (~50%) on my HTPC. I have found my new AMD 5600G transcoding to be very efficient at about a 5-6 times real time rate for 1080p recordings - much faster for 640p recordings. I can now synchronize those recordings to my NAS automatically.

#25

Depending on what your NAS requirements, you could build one. I am running Channels DVR on my TrueNAS Core server has lots of capability for the cost versus a Synology unit. Under TrueNAS, a Linux virtual machine is run to be a docker host and the Channels DVR container is run on it. The host has an Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5, with 64 GB of memory. I expose 8 GB and 6 cores to the docker host so Channels has access to plenty of resources. The one weak link in my opinion is the storage connection back to my NAS pool is NFS. The server configuration and recordings are NFS mounts in the docker host so permissions can be complex.

There is a TrueNAS Scale version under development which is built on a Linux kernel so that would eliminate some of the virtualization layers with FreeBSD OS that TrueNAS Core is built on.

#26

I am running on Synology DS216+ and have had no issues since I started about 18 months ago.
Very impressed with channels DVR. I have firesticks and Apple TV.
Apple TV much better than firesticks but obviously a lot more expensive.

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#27

I run Channels on my Synology 918+ along with Surveillance Cameras, Synology Drive and Backups. It has been very reliable and I have no issues with load times. My 918+ has the SSD Cache loaded with 2 Samsung 970 EVO 250gb drives. Synology uses these SSD drives to preload data for quicker access. I would highly recommend the 920+.

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#28

Without the additional SSDs, does it still handle all of that? Seems like a large additional investment.

#29

SSD cache drive won’t give much performance help for just streaming videos off the NAS.

It’s designed for multiple read access to the same files over and over in a large client environment.

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#30

So I’ll have mainly three active clients, two of which are remote. Current setup is to not transcode video and only deliver original. I’m guessing this upgrade wouldn’t really be useful? And if I was transcoding it’s still dependent on the processor, no?

#31

Yup.

#32

I run channels, all my backups and two surveillance cameras on my Synology DS 216+ and have had no issues. Over the years I have upgraded drives as they fail now up to 6TB RAID 1. Always recommend complete redundancy drives see to last about 3 to 4 years.

#33

I’m a noob, does raid10 give you redundancy also?
I am looking at a DS920+ same as yours with 4 x 4TB seagates
I am thinking 8TB should be enough.
I want to save everything though and maybe family pictures and important documents as well.
Sure would be a pain to have to upgrade to 6TB drives later.

#34

Yes it does. As long as at least one disk from each mirrored pair is good, you can recover. If two disks from a pair both go bad, all is lost. Personally I use RAID0 for most data since it is not important that it be redundant. For really important things (family photos, business records, writing, and research docs), I use hyperbackups to multiple locations including the cloud. I currently have no redundant RAID setup.

#35

How do you back up your NAS?
I am looking at the DS920t+ with 4x6TB

#36

Thank you!
More analyzing to do I guess.

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#37

I backup some things to Google Cloud or Microsost One Drive. These are the things I want/need to survive a house fire or lightning strike. Other things I backup to USB drives on my network using hyperbackup. I backup critical things on Volume1 onto Volume2 and vice versa. 90% of my data is not critical and I don't back it up at all. I don't back up most video and audio for example. I don't backup my docker or any apps. These things can be readily recreated (for me) and I don't want to overhead.

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