

*Media Server is preferred over Plex's DLNA server because I can configure the menus to provide only music. For now iCloud is enough and I don't get the extra hassle to support that too. I run but only out of curiosity the calendar, CardDAV/Contacts, etc services.
BEST NAS FOR PLEX ARCHIVE
Mail Server/Mail Station: as a mail archive for emails forwarded from Internet services (set firewalls to only allow SMTP in from those Internet servers).VPN Server: if I didn't run VPN Plus server on SRM router then this would be it.DNS Server: run an internal server so that I can access devices by a simple name and also bypass Internet resolution for my home domain.Its got four drive bays for plenty of storage capacity, a rather reliable Intel Celeron processor, and plenty of. That's nine and I can't decide which is the last one: Bottom line: The best value NAS enclosure for Plex goes to the DS920 from Synology. Hyper Backup: all the data needs protecting off-NAS.

although most of the specifications of Synology NAS drives are unrelated to Plex, below I have picked up the hardware specifications of the DS1522+ that are relevant to Plex: CPU: Embedded Ryzen R1600, 2.6-3.1Ghz, Dual Core Processor.

BEST NAS FOR PLEX INSTALL
Audio Station/DS audio: it can stream direct to UPnP/DLNA speaker and Airplay (hey even my Airplay 2 Apple TVs are working again when PIN access is enabled), plus Casting. Best NAS for Plex To install and configure your very own Plex Media Server on a Synology NAS, youll need the following equipment.
