Welcome to what I hope is the first in a series of threads on the Roon Forums, which was inspired by a nudge from @arindal . Many of us on the forums use Roon on a NAS with great success (last year, I started a long thread about my own experience). Despite much of what you might read online (even in …

For 2025, please see: [image] Roon on NAS Experience Index: 2025 QNAP/Synology NAS Happy 2025! Welcome to the second in a series of threads on the Roon Forums, which were originally inspired by a nudge from @Arindal . In the spirit of other volunteer-generated threads on h…

Can’t edit mine anymore, but: DP - yes (only convolution filters and bitrate conversion if playing to 24/192 limited BluSound devices, as necessary). Zones – one or two simultaneous. Sample performance: [image] [image] Certainly can handle a few more zones with any reasonable resolution…

I think if you’re planning on using the DSP functions fairly heavily or you have lots of zones then the NAS may not be the best solution.

Why not? Of course the NAS should be equipped accordingly in terms of CPU and RAM…

That’s true. If the NAS has sufficient CPU power and RAM it should be no problem. Most NAS systems I’ve seen use a fairly light-weight CPU though.

The latest models are increasingly up to the task, in my experience. Music processing is not all that terribly difficult compared to, say, 4K or 8K video or videogaming…

[image] Tony_Fardella: Most NAS systems I’ve seen use a fairly light-weight CPU though. I would agree if we were talking about either really entry-level or very outdated models. A majority of these is not meant for an application like roon or the CPU does not support it. If we define ´light-…

Summary: Brand - Model - Experience Rating Brand: Synology Model: RS1221+ (network-depth, rackmounted) NAS OS Version: 7.2.1 Total Installed RAM: 32GB Roon on NAS Method: Docker using Synology’s Container Manager. Main Drives: Brand: Seagate Main Drives: Model: IronWolf 12TB Main Drives: Quan…

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 WUH721…

[image] Ken_Hutchins: Very happy with the Roon performance particularly after 2024 updates which have improved searching across my music library. That’s astonishing as your library is pretty huge at 165k tracks and the single-thread performance of your machine is rather on the light-weight si…

Summary: QNAP - TS-h886 - Experience Rating Brand QNAP Model TS-h886 NAS OS Version QuTS hero h5.1.7.2770 Total Installed RAM 16GB Roon on NAS Method (e.g., Roon on NAS { @crieke } | Docker Container (Unsupported) | Other) Roon on NAS for QNAP Main Drives: Brand Samsung Main Drives: Model …

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