Summary: Brand - Model - Experience Rating
Brand
QNAP
Model
TS-453D 4-Bays Celeron J4125 CPU 4-core/4-thread
NAS OS Version
QTS 5.1.7.2770
Total Installed RAM
8GB
Roon on NAS Method
Roon on NAS by crieke (Bless you, Christopher)
Main Drives: Brand
WD Ultrastar
Main Drives: Model
WUH721414ALE6L4 - 14TB drives
Main Drives: Quantity
4 (using 3, 4th is spare, ready when a drive fails)
Main Drives: RAID Configuration
RAID5
Roon DB Drive: Brand
Dual 1TB SSDs: Samsung, Crucial
Roon DB Drive: Model
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus, Crucial P3 1TB SSD
Roon DB Drive: Size
1TB
Roon DB Drive: Connection Method (e.g., Main Board, USB3, eSATA)
SSDs installed on PCIe adapter on M.2 slot on main board
Local Area Network Connection Method
1GbE wired Ethernet
Number of Local Tracks
165,000 (140k FLAC and 25k MP3)
Total Size of Locally Stored Music
15.5TB (of which 4TB are usually inactive external drives)
Number of Streaming Service Tracks
0
Geography
United States, West Coast
Dedicated to music use? (Yes/No)
No
Using in Parallel with NAS Vendor Music Solution (e.g., Synology Audio Station, QNAP Music Station, etc.?) (Yes/No)
No
Using ARC? (Yes/No)
No
Using DSP? (Yes/No)
No
Typical Number of Simultaneously Used Playback Zones
Usually just 1 but don’t notice any issues with 2
Overall Rating
(****: Everything flawless)
Any Notes People Should Know
Keep this 4-bay unit in the adjoining doorless closet and hardly notice any sound. Store music and movies on the NAS. Use Roon as my primary music player and Plex as my movie player. Very happy with the Roon performance particularly after 2024 updates which have improved searching across my music library. So everything on the QNAP – Roon & Roon DB on the SSDs and the music on the hard drives. Accessed through remotes on PC’s, iPads and Android phones and tablets.
Been running everything for almost 3 years. No NAS or Hard Disk issues. Have had two Samsung SSD drives fail so am trying Crucial SSD. With the dual SSDs, Roon keeps running unless both SSDs were to fail at the same time.