Subj : Re: Hola
To   : The Godfather
From : deon
Date : Sat Apr 29 2023 12:12 pm

  Re: Re: Hola
  By: The Godfather to deon on Fri Apr 28 2023 10:41 am

Howdy,

 > I just filled 6TB and need more storage already.  Currently it's a Western
 > Digital "My Book" external, usb, blah blah.  I'd like at least a 4 bay, any
 > suggestions on something more affordable then the Synology @ $599? Right now
 > I just have a laptop but once back on our feet I'll be buying/building a
 > desktop.

I recently went through the exercise of exploring how much to "build my own" vs buying a NAS. I wanted the small form factor (that the QNAP/Synology) provide. Dont care too much about hot-add/remove. Cooling is important and obviously a good CPU/memory ability to run the NAS software (freenas) and plex/jellyfin.

I actually found it hard to find something that was compellingly cheaper (board, case, memory, cpu, etc) that was of a similar form factor. Sure it was a few $$ cheaper, but with parts coming from many places, when something broke it would have been on me to diagnose and get fixed.

Actually the hardest was to find the case, and it seemed the smaller the case (designed for multiple drives) the higher the price :(

At home (and the van), I have QNAPs, but I dont run QNAP software, I use freenas and a jail to run plex/jellyfin. My home NAS also runs nextcloud.

If you discover something, I'd be curious to know..


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