But I definitely overpaid, and so will you if you go this route. I don't regret my decision because it made everything very easy, and I'm not a very talented Linux system administrator. No idea if its more or less expensive now, but building your own is almost certainly cheaper. This was overpriced at the time but there were shortages, etc. I paid about $2000 for my NAS + 4 8TB drives. One thing to keep in mind though: Any other Emby-adjacent services you may want to run (Sonarr/Radarr, for example) will not be run through a native app. I use the native Emby app, it works perfectly to host the server. What are the benefits to buying a NAS like this? It certainly makes RAID configuration easier, and aside from that, Synology has its own operating system with a suite of helpful software, including a native Emby app.
You can get a 2-bay NAS and stick two drives in it, but you're limiting yourself for expansion down the line. But if you get a 4-bay NAS, you will need to put 4 identical drives in it. You can get the same NAS and put lesser capacity hard drives in it. The main benefit of using a NAS (or building your own) is RAID. I have a DS920+ 4-Bay with 32TB of total storage in it, which comes out to about 24TB storage after RAID. That is what I use, and its pretty great. If you don't want to do that, most people will recommend you look into a Synology NAS. So the best bang-for-your-buck option is to build your own, stick a CPU in it that covers your transcoding needs, and add storage as needed.
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