Which NAS is recommended

Roon Software Discussion
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I am planning to purchase an AYRE QX-5 Twenty and will be using it with a NAS. What would your recommendation be. @support

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QNAP TVS-x71 or better. Make sure you at least an i3 cpu. But unless you require a NAS for massive storage, we don’t recommend using a NAS.

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I would say if you have a NAS already then just use it…

If you are wanting a space just for your musing and don’t need a NAS if you collection is less than 10gb then just get a big powered usb drive and perhaps a second drive to back up your music

If on the other hand you plan to run roon on the NAS then consider a NUC and rock

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I have 2 TB of music stored would a nuc and a rock be capable?

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yes… and if it’s the right height drive, you can fit into the NUC – otherwise USB storage will work.

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I know what a nuc is but what is a rock

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Hi @Tom_Russell — All the information you need on ROCK can be found here :wink:

-Eric

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Tom

I think that what Danny is referring to is a higher profile NUC in which a 2nd hard drive for storage can be placed inside the unit.

Otherwise for the lower profile unit, then you will need an external USB hard drive.

MD

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note that if you use a usb drive, you can use your drive as-is – but if you use it internally, it will require reformatting.

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I have the Intel NUC7i7BNH with an internal M.2 for ROCK and a 2.5" SSD for storage and it works great. Much better than using a NAS.

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