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Originally Posted by Meelapo
Okay. Yeah, maybe an enclosure might not work because it needs to be a bit smarter.
If I were to get a NAS could I just pop the hard drives from my Windows PC into the NAS and would it recognize all the content? Or would I have to format the drives? I'm not too familiar with NAS technology.
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I'm no expert on NAS, but it's my understanding that the NAS unit runs it's own OS that's included with the box and runs off of flash memory, so you effectively plop in your drives, and attach it to your network, and the NAS can be used for local and cloud access for all your files.
You can configure the OS with your PC or an android/ios device (as is the case with MyCloud box I linked). Auto-syncing, backups, the option to RAID 0, RAID 1, or just span is available.
What may not work for you, is that you might want to shop for a different brand if you are running an Emby Server, since MyCloud is pre-configed for Plex, but Emby doesn't support it yet (unless you run FreeNAS or something like that instead of MyCloud).
This Synology NAS
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX59713 or this QNAP NAS
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX54789 may be more preferable, as they are supported by Emby as media servers. Note that Newegg and Amazon have more stock of those models.
List of NAS OSs supported by Emby:
https://emby.media/nas-server.html
If you run a 2-drive USB enclosure and just attach it to your Router, that could work if you have a good router. If not, it could be a massive pain to setup and configure, if it works at all (compatibility issues aren't unheard of doing this).