02-25-2021, 04:31 PM
Yes, Synology does not add things like 10g on models below 6 bays. But having an NVME cache does help to boost things. And you can even have a single SSD installed in the first bay at the beginning when you initialise NAS. And have a RAID5 on the other 4 bays. This would mean that the OS live on an SSD. But generally, RAID of 5 drives is faster than SSD anyways. So I would not worry much.Choosing NAS over self-built NAS down supports. With a NAS you will always get new updates, new features and apps as well as support. Self-made NAS needs to be maintained by yourself.Self build NAS makes more sense if you want to run third-party apps like PLEX. It requires hardware that NAS normally doesn't have (i3-i5 CPU and GPU).I hope this helps.