Storing Games On A NAS: Genius Or Foolish?

After running out of disk space on my PC a bunch of times, I decided to try storing games on my NAS instead. Well, I actually have two NASes: a Synology NAS with mechanical hard drives, and a Homelab NAS with NVMe drives (and 10Gb networking). So I decided to install six games on each of them, and see how they performed. Would Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Metro Exodus, Rocket League, Sniper Elite 5 and Battlefield 2042 run best locally... or on my Synology NAS? Okay I think we all know the answer to that, but I WAS actually surprised at just how well my NAS devices done... in most games, as I discuss in this video. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The individual timestamps for this video are: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 00:00 I Need Some Space 00:43 Local Experience For Comparison 02:26 Specs Of My Two NAS 02:54 Games On My Synology NAS 06:18 Synology NAS Gaming Thoughts 06:52 Battlefield 2024 DRM!!11! 07:57 Homelab NAS Game Storage 11:15 Thoughts On Homelab NAS Gaming 11:55 Issue #1: Game Crashes 12:19 Issue #2: Loading... 12:50 Issue #3: 1% FPS Lows 13:21 Issue #4: Texture Glitches 13:50 Issue #5: Gigabit Isn't Enough 14:28 So... Should You Do This?! ~~~~~~ Credits ~~~~~~ Thanks to the following resources (sounds, images etc): "Pop-up Sound" by BeezleFM (https://freesound.org/s/512135/ -- License: Attribution 4.0) -- Nightscreen (Instrumental) by Gareth Johnson, License ID: M8YgvoPyAr0 https://t.lickd.co/p8Bypg25RlQ --- Everybody All Together (Instrumental) by Gareth Johnson, License ID: a3DPgojqQqo https://t.lickd.co/AMmMOB2ljR4 --- A Brighter Life by Barrie Gledden, License ID: y5BmdGKjYma https://t.lickd.co/L21YDegJYN4 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #PCGaming #HomeNetworking #PCGames