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Should you build your own NAS or buy a pre-built?

An interesting read, and I have to say I do lean more towards building your own. I did buy a bare-bones NAS by D-Link many years ago because you could add your own hard drives, but what I discovered after a few years was there were no more software updates, and it is not easy to upgrade later on either.

Today I'm running a bare-bones Intel NUC box with two external laptop hard drives (powered through USB), and Open Media Vault NAS software on it. I get ongoing software updates and can upgrade RAM and drives etc. That said, its throughput is not that great as the drives are connected via USB cables. It boots from a SATA connected SSD drive. It also has Docker running on it with a few applications hosted in Docker containers, so it is quite versatile.

Knowing what I know now, I would rather have bought something that would allow proper SATA connectors to the hard drives for way better throughput speed.

See https://www.xda-developers.com/building-vs-pre-built-nas/

#technology #NAS #backups

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e33io 1y ago

i took the easy route and started using Synology NAS devices several years ago.. ..their software is really "set it and forget it".. ..i want to explore TrueNAS on custom hardware at some point, but the ease of Synology honestly makes me a bit lazy to change

oldgeezy 1y ago

Why not both is what you really should be asking yourself. Have a Synology that I love dearly and 4U rack mount scratch build. My only regret is choosing a Xeon over something with Quick sync.

Danie 1y ago

Of course if one had unlimited cash that would always be an option, but many can barely afford to put together a NAS (so many also don't even backup to an external device).