Can somebody point me towards comparison of these two CPUs?, specially regarding h264 transcoding at 1080p. I can't find anything.
I'm trying to decide wether I build a custom NAS box, or just get a Synology DS415+.
The DS415+ has a Rangeley based Intel Atom C2538, and If I were to build a custom box, I probably would choose a a J2900, or J1900 quad core.
Right now I'm using my gaming rig, but that's just overkill and a hassle to turn it on if I want to stream something to my big Tv or my ipad. I want something to be always on.
I'm not a heavy user, and the NAS would only have 1 concurrent user, max. 2, but only 1 transcoding stream at any given time. If it weren't for the 1080p transcoding requirement I would get a DS414 and leave it at that, because for file storage and backups, that's enough for me.
The custom box would cost me around half the money of the DS415+, but thats not a deciding factor for me over functionality, ease of use etc
The custom box would be running Ubuntu, with mdadm for RAID, and plex media server, or even plex media center and use that directly hooked up to the TV, or XPenology if it works ok. I can handle mdadm and medium level linux set ups, but I have so much more stuff going on I highly value the It just works. mentality.
Pros of the Synology are it's size, ease of use, having DSM with all it's functionality OOB
Pros of the custom box would be expandability, able to use it directly as I client also and save another box (fire Tv, roku, nexus player, or something like that). I guess I could even use it to play streamed steam games from my gaming PC when they release linux support for it.
PD. I could just put a G3220 in the custom box and guarantee that it can handle it, but I was looking for a low TDP, fanless CPU if I can help it.
I'm trying to decide wether I build a custom NAS box, or just get a Synology DS415+.
The DS415+ has a Rangeley based Intel Atom C2538, and If I were to build a custom box, I probably would choose a a J2900, or J1900 quad core.
Right now I'm using my gaming rig, but that's just overkill and a hassle to turn it on if I want to stream something to my big Tv or my ipad. I want something to be always on.
I'm not a heavy user, and the NAS would only have 1 concurrent user, max. 2, but only 1 transcoding stream at any given time. If it weren't for the 1080p transcoding requirement I would get a DS414 and leave it at that, because for file storage and backups, that's enough for me.
The custom box would cost me around half the money of the DS415+, but thats not a deciding factor for me over functionality, ease of use etc
The custom box would be running Ubuntu, with mdadm for RAID, and plex media server, or even plex media center and use that directly hooked up to the TV, or XPenology if it works ok. I can handle mdadm and medium level linux set ups, but I have so much more stuff going on I highly value the It just works. mentality.
Pros of the Synology are it's size, ease of use, having DSM with all it's functionality OOB
Pros of the custom box would be expandability, able to use it directly as I client also and save another box (fire Tv, roku, nexus player, or something like that). I guess I could even use it to play streamed steam games from my gaming PC when they release linux support for it.
PD. I could just put a G3220 in the custom box and guarantee that it can handle it, but I was looking for a low TDP, fanless CPU if I can help it.