Great video, a very good option. I watched your video, did a quick research for the current installation version/file to use. I was able to set up my Synology NAS DS220+ as my new networked Roon Core server. As you recommended. I added an additional 4 GB (6 GB total). Works great! Now I get to enjoy Roon to its fullest. Highly recommended if you already have the Synology NAS at home. Surely there are better options, but this a great start to improve on later.

@everettedl

8 ай бұрын

I have a DS220+ but when when I install Roon, nothing happens. No login screen or anything. Did you run into any of that?

Thanks for the video. I took a similar approach and put Roon on it’s own SSD in a single disk volume on my 1520+. It’s been working really well so far. I do have a question though, is there an advantage to ripping a CD and storing it on the server as compared to just streaming the same CD from a service like Qobuz? Thanks…

@DIYHiFiLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I don't have a NAS with and SSD option but I see that this is a popular thing to do. The debate over quality between your own ripped CDs is on going. The one thing about ripping your own CDs is that you have your own local copy. I have experienced situations where an album that I had added from my online library disappeared? I suspect the copyright holder removed it? If it is an album I really like, best to have a local copy.

@warrenwillis6477

2 жыл бұрын

@@DIYHiFiLife Thanks for the reply. You make a good point about the chance that the online service might drop some music over time.

So Roon can funcyion like Plex and play movies? Do you have videos on digitalizing music CDs, and movies (on DVDs, bluerays, etc? That would be very interesting to watch.

Thanks for this informative video. I've been considering doing exactly the same as this for my Roon core server. How do you find the performance? The Roon support pages clearly warn about poor performance on an entry level NAS and suggest to only use with better chips, more RAM, and to put the Roon OS on an external SSD. You didn't do these things. My library is only about 7000 files so not huge. I have a Synology DS218j running DSM 7.0.1. So I'm skeptical the Roon core will be happy on my NAS. How is it for you? Thanks.

@newkid7

Жыл бұрын

I tried Roon core on my ds220+, notably slow, and didn't sound better than Roon core on a Mac to my ear.

@jasonharley8230

Жыл бұрын

Did u try Roon on your DS218j ? I've bought the same model for media storage and am looking to use Plex. I'm interested to know if it can Roon, thx

this crab video starts at 17:21

Normal spinning harddisks for Roon-database storage (especially with just 2 disks) will NOT give a good user experience. The Roon-database should be stored on SSD to ensure good response-times of Roon. So music-storage on a NAS is a good thing but the Roon Core should be running on a seperate device. ie NUC This will be a much more satisfying scenario. Certainly in the long run.

Can you give me a quiet nas tip for my lumin d1?

Chris how do you like Mint mobile

@DIYHiFiLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I am a fan of Mint mobile. They use T-Mobile which I was using for other phones already. Give a try and see. No long term obligation or hassle.

This was a terrible video on setting up a Roon server. IMO, you don’t know how Roon works. Here’s why I say this: 1) there is more to Roon than disk. Any server can access locally attached disks or even a NAS. 2) you need to run the Roon app on a ssd so it’s index is on a ssd. Having Roon on hdds will slow it down when your library grows. 3) you put in extra memory to get it to 6GB, which is very low. On all my Roon servers, I use a minimum of 16GB up to 512GB. 4) I have decades of experience using multi-million dollar SANs, NAS, and locally attached disk setups that the biggest enterprises use and I would never run an app on any of these servers. 5) you claim running on a pc/Mac is bad because of the extra work the OS is doing. What do you think the NAS is doing? Say you setup your NAS as a RAID 1 setup with your 2 drives, the cpu in the server will be overwhelmed by performing the disk array tasks plus the Roon tasks. The cpu in the synology is pretty weak compared to say the M1 Mac. The Apple M1 chip performs 22 trillion operations per second (the synology, not even clos) so if the Mac OS runs a million operations per second of overhead, I think the Mac can still run Roon with the 21.5 trillion operations a second. Before I would run Roon on a low powered synology, I would run Roon on a nuc with 16 GB minimum and use the NAS as just a NAS so you don’t cause the NAS to swap

@robo2901

Жыл бұрын

I have the Roon Core on my main PC which was top of the line a year or so ago (AMD 5950, 128GB of DDR4, 2TB nvme, etc.). I have my music on an external drive and was planning on moving it to a Synology NAS DiskStation DS220+ with 32TB with the index remaining on my main computer. Thoughts?

Confusing. Need more detail for a guy like me.