I just installed Roon and I kind of like it I am using it on my HiFi Rose RS 151.
Only the Tidal streaming.
And I think Spotify is not supported, right?
To play even from my mobile Roon app it still needs working server …
I can’t have my PC running always so …
A NAS drive will be better, I already have starting model of QNAP NAS but it doesn’t have the Roon app,
Which NAS should I get that is good enough for Roon Server?
And if that NAS has HDMI our playback by which I can play BLURAY movies to my home theater would be better I guess if that’s possible?
All modern QNAP models ´have´ the roon server app, you just have to activate it in QTS´ ´App Center´. If you don’t fine it, check the App category ´Entertainment´. Which model do you use? Some CPUs cannot run roon.
Depends on the structure and size of your collection (including tracks sourced from streaming services). The more tracks and metadata interdependencies, the more powerful the NAS should be in terms of CPU and RAM. Make sure you have enough of slots for at least one fast SSD internally to run roon´s internal database on (an M.2 or 2.5" SATA would do). One of the faster Intel Celeron CPUs and 8GB of RAM would do.
Would personally avoid budget, very outdated or non-Intel/AMD models, but a solid unit like TS-364-8G does the job for usual libraries (up to approx 100,000 tracks or a bit more if not overly complex).
It is possible with most of current QNAP models, and works flawlessly. Even Roon supports HDMI-out for multichannel (up to 7.1) or stereo music.
I really would consider keeping this all separate.
Get Intel NUC, or another PC if you’re happy tinkering away or buy Roons own hardware. You can pick up NUC10 i5/i7 pretty cheap now and be up in no time.
You can keep any local music stores on a HDD via USB or use your NAS and network.
For me having everything on a NAS will put a great strain on resources. Especially if you decide to stream media like blurays etc while also using for Roon. Loads do it, but I wouldn’t personally.
The question is: Why a second device? For very huge libraries this might be justified, as a NAS as powerful as a modern NUC is neither particularly cheap nor compact.
It is really not a problem with modern NAS, if you have enough of RAM and sufficiently powerful CPU built-in. Not trying to persuade anyone, preferred solutions might always vary.
Once you are used to all the nice features like RAID rebuild, easy backups, Time Machine, HDD analysis, remote app access, cloud access, system monitoring and many other things, it would feel wrong to downgrade to a simpler and less secure variant like plugging in an HDD via USB. At least for me, having used QNAP NAS for years.
Don´t remember how many times I have stopped roon server app on my NAS remotely from the car, or rebooted the whole thing when ARC got stuck.
Hi,
I use an asustor FS6706T NAS (FLASHSTOR 6 (FS6706T) M.2 NVMe SSD NAS | Blitzschnell mehr speichern! Das erste reine M.2-SSD-NAS | ASUSTOR NAS). It has enough CPU Power (Quad-Core 10 nm Intel Celeron N5105 CPU), up to 16 GB of main memory and it is completly ssd based. That makes it a little bit more expansive than the usual NAS but it is silent and can be placed in the living room. Roon is available from the asustor near your DAC, so you can use its HDMI or USB ports. Roon is available from asustor app central the app store form asustor.
Greetings from Germany
We should note that this is not a completely fanless model like some QNAP, and does not offer 2.5" SATA slots but solely M.2. If you don’t need these features, excellent choice of a flash-only NAS, and cheaper than the competing QNAP models!
I opted for a QNAP NAS to run ROON and for me, that was the right decision. The QNAP OS and ROON database are on a WD Red SN700 SSD, the files itself on a dedicated Seagate Seagate IronWolf Pro drive. I opted for a NAS to run ROON because I needed a NAS anyway, so I just picked one that could run ROON as well.
ROON runs fast and smooth with a local library of over 100k ALAC lossless/high-res files, no issues at all, even when the NAS is also doing other things. I can highly recommend it.
For me, the main advantage of a piece of dedicated hardware like a Roon Nucleus over a NAS would be that a Nucleus looks cooler next to your hifi gear and is probably silent, whereas my NAS, while not loud, makes about as much sound as a normal laptop. But since my NAS isn’t even in the listening ROOM, that makes no difference for me.
