I’m looking to buy a NAS system to run a Roon Server, and I’m thinking about the QNAP TS-264-8G. How do you rate the TS-264-8G? Does it meet the requirements? What recommendation would you give?

[image] Peter_Glas: How do you rate the TS-264-8G? Does it meet the requirements? What recommendation would you give? I think it is the ideal beginner´s NAS in QNAPs lineup for roon (had a predecessor). It has everything you need (decent CPU performance, additional M.2 slots for cache and dat…

Hi @Peter_Glas , @Arindal make’s a very important point … [image] Arindal: due to new OS requirements from roon´s side, it is highly recommended to set it up in the first place, using the pro-grade OS named QuTS hero 5.2.9, not standard QTS Please read this pinned topic posted by Roon … …

[image] Arindal: due to new OS requirements from roon´s side, it is highly recommended to set it up in the first place, using the pro-grade OS named QuTS hero 5.2.9, not standard QTS This is probably bad advice for this particular NAS. At least some high-end, enterprise/power user targeted Q…

[image] gTunes: But the one thing I can say, as a ZFS user on other platforms, is that I wouldn’t buy a Celeron-based NAS with 8GB with the intent to use it. Agreed, I would be hesitant with hero on a machine limited to 8GB RAM as well (like the popular All-flash and fanless models). The TS-2…

Evaluation of QNAP TS-264-8G for Roon Server

Roon Software Discussion QNAP/Synology NAS

Carl April 9, 2026, 8:06pm 3

Hi @Peter_Glas,

@Arindal make’s a very important point …

Please read this pinned topic posted by Roon …

and also this community topic …