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Not sure if this is the best thread for this, but any folks here have any thoughts/experience on home NAS options? Torn between an OTP option or the DIY Raspberry Pi option.
Got most of the bits for the Pi option (still need to look into a UPS to deal with power-cuts), but being limited to 256GB (well, due to only having 4 x 128GB flash drives to hand, larger storage ones aren't too pricey). Also, fairly sure the Pi has 2 x USB2 & 2 USB3 ports, not sure if that's another pain to deal with. Would also be nice to have remote access, not something I've done before and seems like a way to inadvertently allow nefarious types access to your home network. Also guessing flash drives are quicker to wear out compared with HDDs in a NAS system.
Flip side is an OTP option that costs around £3-400 and has a much higher storage capacity. I'm guessing with these sorts of things you work out what storage capacity you need, only to bung a whole heap of stuff onto it due to the convenience and end up needing several times more than what you first estimated.
Two OTP options I'm looking at are:
https://www.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/network-attached-storage/wd-my-cloud-expert-series-ex2-ultra#WDBVBZ0080JCH-EESN
https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS220j
Both work out around £3-400 for 8TB (4TB with redundancy) options.
Be interested to hear if any folks here have any experience of either/both DIY/OTP options and any thoughts.
I guess as an aside, does picking one of these up lead you down the redundancy rabbit-hole that you have a mirrored setup off-site in case of a fire or similar?