Hi all been lurking around trying to get some info on here. Figured Id try my luck and ask my Q. Ive never run an NAS , just have external hard drives (even a few zip disks) laying around for the last 2 decades or so. Im very interested in the idea of a central place to secure everything. I probably need around 15tb of storage (without redundancy). was looking at the Synology DiskStation DS923+. is the higher price of SSD worth it for NAS? What would you guys recommend for me for a diskstation and hard drives. I dont have an unlimited budget would love to stay below 1500$ if possible. Would alos love if this could double as a mediaserver. thanks in advance
What does “mediaserver” mean to you? Synology are good for storage but not so great for more CPU intensive stuff, plus of course they’re not freely upgradeable and you’re tied to their OS.
If you’re comfortable building your own PC you can install Unraid or TrueNAS which will give you an easy to use admin interface and the ability to use/upgrade with off-the-shelf components. /r/buildapc can probably help with that.
If you’re also comfortable with Linux you can design your own fine-grained approach to the OS and the apps on it, /r/selfhosted can probably help with that.
SSD’s are getting there in $$$/TB but have a bit more to go to catch up to HDDs.
Your approach of having multiple backup drives is sound. Having everything in one place means all eggs in one basket. Keep that in mind when you reorganize your data.