I use a macmini as my iTunes home share server, but it’s old and getting slow with the amount of movies and tv Shows I have purchased. I am looking to replace it with a nas but unsure which one will do what I need, I in basic looking for a nas that will store and share the movies and music so that my iMac iTunes, my Apple TV and my iPad can see all the files and play them as if the where being shared from my macmini iTunes home share service.
i am looking at the ReadyNAS 214 but unsure if it will do what I need.
Model: RN21400|ReadyNAS 214 Series 4-Bay (Diskless)
i am looking at the ReadyNAS 214 but unsure if it will do what I need.
It won't - and competing Linux-based NAS won't either.
You need the home sharing feature to do what you want, and that's only available in the Apple iTunes servers. All Linux NAS use reverse-engineered open-source, and that simply doesn't have that feature.
You can connect to it from other iTunes servers, and play the media from there. But those other servers need to be running on a mac or windows PC.
Personally I use plex (which has an iOS app, and which I believe can be loaded onto the most recent apple TV). I augment that with resilio sync (downloading some content to my iPad and my Android phone for local playback).
FWIW, the feature goes back to before home sharing came along.
