So, I am thinking about getting myself a NAS to host mainly Immich and Plex. Got a couple of questions for the experienced folk;
- Is Synology the best/easiest way to start? If not, what are the closest alternatives?
- What OS should i go for? OMV, Synology’s OS, or UNRAID?
- Mainly gonna host Plex/Jellyfin, and Synology Photos/Immich - not decided quite what solutions to go for.
Appricate any tips :sparkles:
I’ve found CasaOS to be the simplest to set up and get going. I tried TrueNAS for a year, but wish I had started with CasaOS.
CasaOS looks interesting. But i prefer OpenMediaVault for the moment.
How would you rate Casa compared to Open Media Vault?
Haven’t tried OMV, but the lesson I learned with TrueNAS is that software designed primarily for NAS has a lot of features I don’t care about, and the other apps can be finicky. I’m not storing petabytes of data. CasaOS was the closest I found to “just works”.
There’s also Umbrel OS which looks promising, but I’ve been happy with CasaOS so haven’t felt the need to switch.