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Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Any PC building guide, use a case with enough 3.5" bays and a mainboard with plenty of SATA and M.2 ports (if you want SSD csche).

After that it gets more specialized.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Get a fractal case, go to pcpartpicker for the rest... Get a gold PSU... Be sure to check on getting a motherboard-cpu combo that supports ECC RAM... Install a linux distro with proper support for zfs (e.g. I wouldn't recommend Arch), perhaps TrueNAS Scale. Done :)

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I'm using TrueNAS Scale right now on my second server (landfill bound, offered money for it, got it for free baby!) which was just some Dell computer from some older people who bought a brand new computer because this one was "not letting them install stuff". The permissions, and the way things are explained for the settings/permissions, are AWFUL for someone who has just now dipped their toes into this OS.

TrueNAS Scale is great for what it is, but please be ready for some headaches if you're fresh into the scene. I still recommend it for now.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Ha, mines an old Dell too. Not running Scale on mine though.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My NAS is a 10+ year old Dell XPS I had laying unused. ~16TB of storage in RAIDZ1 and I still have SATA ports free. Like you said though my limiting factor is space for 3.5HDD.