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BretD
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Jul 19, 2017

AMA - Ask Us Anything About ReadyNAS and You Could Win a ReadyNAS 214!

We are hosting an extended 4 week Ask Me Anything AMA for the NETGEAR ReadyNAS line of products and we would love to answer your ReadyNAS questions. Best of all, posting your question below enter...
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greenuid
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Jul 26, 2017

I would like to know if the ReadyNAS 214 can run as a Plex server for streaming HD movies, and if it can be recommended for that purpose.

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douglas_cheung
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Jul 27, 2017
greenuid wrote:

I would like to know if the ReadyNAS 214 can run as a Plex server for streaming HD movies, and if it can be recommended for that purpose.

Yes, I would recommend that for that purpose.


But if you think that you want multiple HD streams, or 4k streams, it is probably safer to go with their newer RN420 (422/424/426/428) series.  That is based on a much more powerful CPU (Intel Atom 64-bit processor, vs. 32-bit from ARM.)