Best NAS for 8-10TB?

[moosehunt]

Looking for any advice on what’s best to replace an older failing Synology DS-413 with. Have 8TB of music streaming to multiple Roon end points. Thanks!

[cjf]

I've got on of these and have been very happy with it. Its basically a Synology on steroids. Because of that its not exactly cheap but like most things, you get what you pay for.

 

The unit I have has 32gb of RAM, a multicore processor and uses the ZFS file system. Its fast!

 

https://www.truenas.com/truenas-mini/

[DavidL]

Storing and serving audio is a doddle for the latest NAS boxes. The real test is whether they can stream 4k video which is why I've started looking for a more powerful replacement for my DS412+ which is filling up (2TB music, 2+TB home video, 12000 hi-res photos etc) and it looks as though the latest Synology '+' models would be more than powerful enough (e.g. DS 420+). If you expect your library to grow considerably there are models that have expansion boxes (e.g. DS 920+)