How best to use a DS220? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NinjaGrayFox · 2023-11-03 11:50 So I got a DS220 from my work. The IT guys had bought it to test Synology before going more all in on a bigger system. I won the raffle to give this away. I’m already self-hosting. I went down the rabbit hole a while ago and have a functioning server on an old Dell workstation running an i7-2600k and 3 disks with a parity through SnapRAID totaling 18TB of usable space (Parity is 18TB, 3 smaller drives add up to 18TB). I serve Plex and Nextcloud for me and my family and have the usual automation stack behind it all on Docker. I back all this up with Crashplan (Nextcloud stuff first, some media because I can and because some was hard to find). Now I’ve been having problems with Plex crashing or hanging during scans and thinking of upgrading for a while. But how powerful really is the DS220? I just am hesitant to completely rely on a NAS for all the serving. I see several options. Would anyone be willing/able to help me see the pros and cons? 1. Dump the workstation and the 3 smaller drives buy an 18TB HD and set up the DS220 as the only server for everything. 2. Set up the DS220 for just the “important stuff” of Nextcloud 3. Or the opposite, use the DS220 for serving Plex because it’s processor is actually better? 4. Sell the DS220 and buy either a bigger better Synology or a bigger better linux server box? Any other thoughts/considerations? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ElevenNotes · 2023-11-03 12:08 Your i7-2600k is way better than the Celeron of the DS220, how do you get the idea that the DS220 is better for Plex? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dazchad · 2023-11-03 13:52 I’d either sell it or set it up as an offsite backup in one of your family houses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NinjaGrayFox · 2023-11-03 14:15 It was made in the last year, where as the 2600 is like 12 years old. Just figured it must be better at this point. I didn’t look it up though. Good to know. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NinjaGrayFox · 2023-11-03 14:17 That’s a good idea. In addition to or instead of Crashplan? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NoMore9gag · 2023-11-03 14:42 That Celeron will run circles around 2600k in case of a hardware transcoding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dazchad · 2023-11-03 14:51 You can never have too many backups, so in addition. You can also setup as a local mirror for media for your family if they have a good internet plan, or as VPN exit node if they live in a different state. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- planeturban · 2023-11-03 16:10 NAS is “Network Attached Storage” and “Not an Application Server”. So use it for what it’s attended for and have it serve your other stuff with storage. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ElevenNotes · 2023-11-03 16:13 I just checked the iGPU and the iGPU of the i7 has at least a higher base frequency? I'm not an expert when it comes to iGPU though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ElevenNotes · 2023-11-03 16:14 I'm not a pro when it comed to iGPU, I checked the specs and the iGPU has a higher base frequency than the Celeron, wouldn't that make it better and more attractive? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bigboii875 · 2023-11-03 18:47 That i7 only supports h264 where as the celeron of the ds220 can decode 8 &10-bit h265 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ElevenNotes · 2023-11-03 18:56 Okay that's a win for the celeron. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NinjaGrayFox · 2023-11-03 19:09 Yeah I do do hardware transcoding (plexpass). So I just figured newer was better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ElevenNotes · 2023-11-03 19:09 That makes sense if you use H265 yes.