I’m looking to build my first NAS. I am somewhat techy, just enough to know I’m punching above my weight a little on this. I’m building this primarily as a PLEX media server, it will also run Sonarr/Radarr/etc and some torrenting. I already have 40+TB of media, so I need lots of storage, and we have about eight close friends/families that access Plex often.

I thought about a pre-built option, but I think to futureproof and maximize bang for buck, DIY is the best option. The build I’m thinking:
Case - Jonsbo N5
Motherboard - i3-N305
Processor - Intel i5 1350
RAM - TEAMGROUP Elite DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600Mhz
Fans - Noctura NF-P12
Power - Unsure
Other - M.2 to 6 SATA Expansion Adaptor
OS - Unraid

Any help would be appreciated - if you have any recommendations or anything I’m missing? Is this setup overkill? I don't know what I don't know - I am fearful I'll get so far into this and it will not work, and I'll have no idea how to fix it! Thanks!

LOCKERSTOR 2 Gen2 (AS6702T) or Terramaster F2-424
Need Help to decide, planing to use in home for storage, different users, Plex, if possible syncronice with Icloud.
"Im learning about NAS"
Some skills with computers.

I just purchased a Synology DS 1522+ to upgrade our storage. We currently have a Synology DS 1517+ that has been running for about 7 years.

The existing DS1517+ has five WD Red Pro 8TB drives. I purchased the same for DS1522+. I was sure these drives were listed on Synology's Compatibility List. When I started the process to set up the DS15222+, the DMS alerted me that the five drives are not on the compatibility list, but WD Red Plus drives are.

Is this something to be concerned about or is ignoring the alert and proceeding not a problem.

Thanks!

Hi, I would like to build a NAS that can house a cybersecurity homelab with OpenVPN, OPNsense/pfSense, Kali Linux. I am considering to use TrueNAS Scale since it allows scalability in the future if I want to expand my storage.

I would like some advice on what hardware I should be getting for this build.

I started with a 2 bay Synology (DS218?) NAS, but felt out of control and insecure. I tried an Pine64 RockPro64 based NAS which works, but as a software engineer, I shouldn't touch a screwdriver. Now thinking of Beelink MINI-S13 Mini PC + ORICO 2 Bay USB 3.0 to SATA 3.5 inch External Hard Drive Enclosure + Open Source software. No screwdriver, but plenty of fun setting up software. Is this a silly idea? Any better ideas?

I bought a UGREEN dxp 4800 plus. I would like to request your suggestion on how big of a storage, storage brand/ speed. For use on home with a use of 4K editing in the future?

Hi, thank you for providing this service! I currently run a DS720+ with 8GB RAM. Current uses are:
- Surveillance storage (using Frigate) ~1.8TB, Reolink POE cameras
- Home automation (Home Assistant) - 32GB VM with 2GB RAM
- Dabbling in arr services, but this is not a requirement (not even sure I want to be bothered with this)
- Lightweight video server (Plex or Jellyfin)
- Manual backups of critical historical files (photos, music, movies/videos, old work references)
- File sync server

What I would like:
- All of the above with the following caveats/additions
- Not opposed to doing a dedicated Reolink NVR for recording and playback and using frigate for just detection
- Snappier HA response
- Time Machine backups (2 machines, up to 1TB per machine)
- Ability to run a lightweight local LLM for use with HA, either in memory using the CPU or with a small dedicated GPU

I am open to exploring multiple machines here, perhaps a dedicated machine to run services and a d

Old School tech (just turned 74) needs advice newer tech Mini NAS To run media server Current machine is a HP LX195 running WHS V1 or v2 Running about 2TB of storage.( Yes Dinosaurs still do roam the earth) My situation is about to change. This fall going to start start flying between home in FL and IN. So I need Media Servers in both Locations. Music is more important to me than Movies. Currently run Asset UpnP DLNA compatible audio only server. SERVIO for movies. It'd be nice if I could still use Asset till I get started with something Like Jellyfin. Don't mind assembling a kit project or turnkey if in budget.
Thanks for time
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Hi i have followed your channel on YT for a while, and before that i was sold on unraid, but then i started to look att synology, but for the pricepoint AND their plans to go more enterprise i think maybe a "custom NAS is the right way to go,.

However before i just looked att unraid but now truenas looks kinda tempting too, but my deep knowledge is to low for me to deside , my goal for the NAS is of course backup files on my computer AND pictures from my phone, but also to digitize my movie collection, and maybe run a viritual machine (windows) for lighter workloads.

ia have been buildning my own computers in the past but when it comes tos NAS i don´t really know what hardware to get, i have seen your chinese MOBOs but for some reason i´m a bit sceptical for chinese boards, i do have a Intel Core i7-4790K laying around from 2015 but i guess thats to old to use?

i live in sweden and i hope you understand what i´m wrinting, best regards Björn, love your channel

1. I want to upgrade my RS3618XS to full memory, it has 8 gb today so I'm planning to buy the 4 x 16GB Crucial RAMEC2133DDR4-16G. These are not ECC, would that matter and do you have Kingston 16 GB equivalents?

2. I will upgrade to NIC to 2 x 1oG SFP+ cards to link aggregate to 20GB/s.

Will these give me a powerful enough PLEX server (even though it doesn't has Quicksync) so that I can stream to 4 different devices and transcode at the same time from 4k down to 1080p or 720p.

The server wont be doing surveillance or anything else, and I already have the RS3618xs so I don't want to change if I don't need to? Wouuld I need to address and SSD for caching via a NIC combo
card?

Thanks again, your channel is great!

Tony