{"id":162,"date":"2015-04-14T22:12:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T02:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xpenology.org\/?p=162"},"modified":"2021-09-16T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:06:16","slug":"installing-xpenology-on-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xpenology.org\/installing-xpenology-on-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Xpenology on Your Own Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"

This question certainly comes up often, many of posts on various forums asking: “What hardware can I install Xpenology<\/a> on?” or “What hardware is Xpenology compatible with?” Hopefully, this post will answer all of those questions for you!<\/p>\n

Things to think about when building a NAS with Xpenology<\/h2>\n

First, you will want to think about what you’re looking to accomplish with the NAS. There are a lot of things you can do with the Synology DSM but the hardware you use will really dictate what’s possible. One of the reasons myself and many others even look into installing Xpenology<\/a> is that the cost of a Synology NAS is much more expensive and there are a lot of limitations when it comes to hardware. I quickly noticed the RAM and CPU that came on a lot of the units in my price range were less than stellar. My goal was to use the NAS to backup several Mac’s in the house as well as streaming various media formats to all of my different computers and Apple Tvs throughout the house. When you’re dealing with various media formats, especially for video, you will need the NAS to be able to handle all of the transcodings for you on the fly. With the custom hardware I selected (seen below) I was able to achieve all of this without breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n

Here is the hardware I used:<\/p>\n