Apps for NAS?

[Betelgeuse 14]

Some NAS support apps, such as Synology and Western Digital.

I have plans to buy a new NAS to replace my Buffalo TS-XE8.0TL/R5 due to it is almost full (8TB)

I was looking at WD My Cloud EX4 (that happens to have a special price here right now).

At their page http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1170#Tab8 they say that they welcome developers.

It would be really great to be able to have MB server installed in the NAS - just one unit to power up!

I have no idea if the processor inside is powerful enough, but I guess some of you clever guys know.

It seems that WD has a better price than Synology - at least here.

Anyone?

Edited November 6, 2014 by Betelgeuse

[techywarrior 689]

Well, I definitely wouldn't want to be transcoding from the NAS but purely running MBS should be possible. You just need to find a developer who can spend the time. Since MBS works on Linux (and it's getting better each release) there shouldn't be a huge issue making it work on most/all NAS boxes.

[Betelgeuse 14]

I know that Serviio has an app for Synology NAS, but have no idea how well it works.

[Luke 42077]

@@Betelgeuse

 

We now have Emby Server for Western Digital NAS in testing:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/59597-emby-server-for-western-digital-nas

 

Please try it out and report your experience. Thanks !