It's been a long time since I visited the forum so actually 'hello again'.
I'm hoping someone can advise me how to upgrade my AS-606T to a newer device.
I have a 606T configured as RAID 6 which is now almost maxed out. There are 6 x 3TB drives and I have about 1TB of free storage left. It's mainly used for backing up films/movies so I can clear my living room shelves of poly-boxes. I'm about half way through that activity so 1TB will not do. There are also plenty of raw photo files and my iTunes library plus some classical FLAC files.
I have also had issues with running Plex server on the 606T. The TV collection renders very well (very happy with it) but the film/movie library is messed up in Plex. It opens up the mkv files and spills the contents. Most of the files are named as in the IMDB and stored in folders named as recommended by Plex so I suspect the Atom CPU in the 606T is maybe not powerful enough. Perhaps someone out there knows differently though?
Anyway, what I would ideally like as a replacement is:
- NAS with 6+ bays
i5/i7 or Xeon CPU
support for hard drives 16TB or more
HDMI2.1 output (for streaming 4K/8K HDR movies in years to come)
support for ADM and RAID 6 so I can just move my current discs to the new NAS
Is there a way to downgrade to a NAS with fewer bays with bigger discs?
The AS-7110T looks like one (expensive) option but also looks a bit like overkill and I can't tell how to stream 4K/8K/HDR with hi-def audio from it as there is no HDMI port. Unless it can output HDMI over one of those USB3.2 outputs? (I find the latest standards for connectivity a bit confusing.)
Hello again and thanks for any advice.