I didnt know which forum to post my problem, so figured i'd post to the most relevant setup problem i'm facing.
I've been using Plex for a while now, loving it so much to the point I got a lifetime subscription just to enjoy every aspect of it.
Atm, my plex media server is on my buffed up gaming rig using core i7 5960x processor. Faced a problem where I can't game on it while having handbrake encoding my movies + family members watching plex and transcoding. Very taxing on my main PC ;p.
I went out and ordered the new Intel NUC nuc6i7kyk (Skull canyon), and I even bought a Synology DS216j with 2x 3TB WD Red drives.
Here's where things got complicated (I didn't even think it required much research, honest!).
After setting up my Intel NUC, the main purpose of buying Synology (and the cheapest I could get) is to just use it as a dump external hard drive where I can easily swap my hard drive for future upgrades. But I'm slowly learning the hard way that I can't really connect it via USB 3.0 directly to my NUC ? Is it possible to do it?
I'm guessing as a NAS (I feel idiot not searching about it first) I can only connect it through my router via ethernet, then route it to my NUC running windows 10?
As you can see, my knowledge of NAS (synology for this topic) is very limited to the extend that I thought it's just a storage device to hold my WD drives.
Could really use some help if I can set it up via USB. But if I cant, does connecting it to the router, and router to NUC have any impact on the speed of which media is transfered?
I'm using my plex server exclusively with family members consisting of 7 people, with mostly highest concurrent users streaming at the same time would reach 4 (both directly and transcoding depending on what plex device they're using as most of my media is encoded based on the plex support site for direct playback).
Also they're both local (wife and children) and remotely streamed (brothers and their wives living in different houses)
PS: if NAS isn't really optimal setup for media storage, I can always return it.
EDIT: forgot to mention that my server will be running 24/7, with occasion restarts to flush out the ram. Thought I'd mention that.