Am looking to set up my own NAS, the ones available seem over priced for what is effectively a low powered PC.
So I was looking at a mini PC (Ryzen 5) + USB NAS enclosure + 2 8gb drives.
Anyone got any recommendations for a drive enclosure?
Am looking at:
How do you expect to use it?
Backups?
Mirrored drives or striped?
Personally, I would go for a small pc with 3 or more drive bays.
For ideas, have a look at pcpartpicker completed builds and search for ‘nas’.
You could also buy an off-lease Dell or some other brand PC. I’ve bought a couple of Amazon’s refurbished, and they’ve worked well.
I have an old boat anchor of a Dell T320 tower server that is hot and loud, so wouldn’t recommend that unless you can isolate it somewhere.
I intend to put it behind the TV as a home theatre PC, will mirror the two disks (8tb is enough and more for my collection - running at just under 3tb on a very aged WD MyCloud).
Had thought about those options, but think this is the best solution.