NOTE: steps described here are identical to the ones linked in the KB article at the beginning. So to recap, I will be migrating an existing Plex installation ( version) from 918 NAS HDD configuration back to that same 918 NAS but in SSD configuration. Now even if I was not the only user this would not be something that I want, so here we are. Essentially you will configure a fresh server and everyone will start at day one. Why? Well because if you configure it as a fresh server, then all the metadata, covers, users, their 'on deck' status, etc, will be lost. The reason why I am writing this is to show that this is possible and that if you have a shared Plex server with dozen of users, setting that same NAS from scratch can be a bit of a pain.

What I wanted to do was to get this NAS up and running as a new NAS (fresh install) but instead of HDDs (4x4TB), I want to run it with SSDs (2x500GB at the moment). The NAS in question is DS918+ which was my main Plex server. Before I continue I would just like to say what I did exactly and why.

In case you are wondering can it be done, yes it can! Checking Plex support site you will find detailed instructions on how to do this.įor this article, I will focus on the Synology NAS solution as a Plex server of choice.

Installing plex on synology