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I am replacing my home NAS. I have a small half depth rack with my network equipment in it. I currently have my nas sitting on a shelf in it but want to convert to a rack mount to free up space. I am looking for 8 drives which i would start with approx 5 12tb drives in. I am converting my extensive video library to digital from both dvd and blu-rays. I am looking for the best bang for the buck. i am not partial to any brand (nas or drive)

You could go for Synology RS1619xs+ and an expansion unit. Or bigger drives such as 20TB.
Either way, you need to look at Xeon CPU for remote streaming.
Local streaming does not require expensive hardware.
Maybe this depth table is useful https://nascompares.com/answer/short-dep...-nas-list/

I hope this helps.