Nefferel 0 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Hi, Sorry for such a silly question, I'm relatively new to all this stuff and just recently learned about media browsers in general such as this one (which is my favorite, I love the interface). I am looking to run my Emby server 24/7, without running it through a PC. Is this possible with this software? I was looking into NAS devices and wondering if this worked? And with which devices. I was hoping to buy a NAS device, a 2x2 TB one, to store media on, where they can be browsed by everyone in the house, and use the emby interface and apps on their devices. I hope this makes sense, sorry if its been asked before. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it very much! Thanks. I did notice the NAS download link and was just curious as to how it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macburp 109 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 You should have a look at the server forums before making a decision, however I can tell you that in general NAS devices don't have the cpu power to run emby server when files need to be transcoded. Do you not have a pc in your network that could be left on? You can run a client on it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trusselo 220 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 (edited) what happens when you fill those 2 drives? you are better off building a server to be a NAS... an expandable NAS. 80$ mobo 80$ quad core 50$ 4 Gig ram 50$ PSU 40$ crap case 300$ server plus HDDs about the same cost of any decent NAS device. and you arent limited to 2 drives, only to the number of SATA ports the mobo has without adding PCI cards to add more Sata/and/or RAID ports or check out craigslist or kijiji or whatever is in your area for a used machine. I just picked up an HP DL360 G5 rack server with 2 quadcore CPUs dual redundant PSUs 16GB of DDR2 ECC Server memory all for 175$ and it looks mint. not even dusty. came out of a bank. add HDDs and go. thats not even my media server. I built my MB server out of parts that got upgraded out of my gaming rig, only had to buy a PSU. Edited April 12, 2015 by trusselo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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