best starting point of doing #NAS with Raspberry Pi is ___?
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.... not doing it with Raspberry Pi
Perhaps this as a starting point…
https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/nas-box-raspberry-pi-tutorial/
I recently setup a little NAS on my RPi, and I also followed similar steps to the article mentioned above.
I also found Tailscale to be useful to access it from any anywhere, and Docker to be useful for automating some of these steps
I wrote a little docker setup that I have been using to automate some of this work: https://github.com/danieldaquino/simple-self-hosted-file-cloud
It does not cover the setup of an external hard drive, but it might help with some aspects
Setting yourself up for pain and challenges. I recommend buying a NAS like QNAP or Synology. They aren’t that expensive when you price out a full RPi with all the extras needed.