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Feb 22nd, 2018 8:28 pm

rrabbit10 [OP]: Sr. Member; Nov 18, 2014; 583 posts; 546 upvotes; Calgary, AB

Feb 22nd, 2018 8:28 pm

NAS Recommendation

Hi Guys,

Looking for a NAS that will serve as an Active Directory server for 4 windows PC's, has an audio in (or capable of doing that off a USB sound stick), file storage and is powerful enough to run a Windows 10 installation with some lightweight software on it (Radioreference audio feed, Weather software and Automatic Email Manager)

Any thoughts or recommendations?

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Feb 22nd, 2018 10:52 pm

JonSnow: Deal Addict; Dec 29, 2008; 3607 posts; 949 upvotes

Feb 22nd, 2018 10:52 pm

just use any old pc with decent specs. i'm still rocking a q6600 with 8gb ram and a SSD it works extremely well for file storage and client backups.

Feb 22nd, 2018 11:18 pm

rrabbit10 [OP]: Sr. Member; Nov 18, 2014; 583 posts; 546 upvotes; Calgary, AB

Feb 22nd, 2018 11:18 pm

JonSnow wrote: ↑ just use any old pc with decent specs. i'm still rocking a q6600 with 8gb ram and a SSD it works extremely well for file storage and client backups.

Thanks, but I can't for this business environment.

Feb 23rd, 2018 12:28 am

Poutsounia: Deal Addict; Feb 4, 2018; 1009 posts; 48 upvotes

Feb 23rd, 2018 12:28 am

You need something with warranty and support?

Feb 23rd, 2018 12:48 am

robertz: Deal Addict; Nov 21, 2008; 1355 posts; 245 upvotes; North Vancouver, BC

Feb 23rd, 2018 12:48 am

Synology supports being a domain controller with their active directory server.

Various NAS devices (Synology, QNAP, etc.) support a virtual machine server, which should allow you to run Win10 in a VM.

Feb 23rd, 2018 12:01 pm

rrabbit10 [OP]: Sr. Member; Nov 18, 2014; 583 posts; 546 upvotes; Calgary, AB

Feb 23rd, 2018 12:01 pm

Poutsounia wrote: ↑ You need something with warranty and support?

Yes.
I have done research and know that Synology and Qnap are the two to go with, however I can't really get it clear which model would be able to support running a windows virtual machine with some non intensive software.

Feb 23rd, 2018 1:24 pm

mr_raider: Deal Expert; Feb 29, 2008; 27006 posts; 3696 upvotes; Montreal

Feb 23rd, 2018 1:24 pm

rrabbit10 wrote: ↑ Yes.
I have done research and know that Synology and Qnap are the two to go with, however I can't really get it clear which model would be able to support running a windows virtual machine with some non intensive software.

You want to run a VM on the NAS? The guest OS is Windows? No QNAP or Synology except the highest products will do. The ARM based models can barely transcode a DVD size file. The Atom based ones are marginally better. You'll be lucky if you get 2gigs of RAM. These are file servers. That's it.

You are better of building your own PC.

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