Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoSynology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1513arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnologiatechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1511arrow-down1external-linkSynology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square96fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnologiatechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareamorpheus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-29 days agoAny 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.
minus-squareDultas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 days agoMy 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.
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.
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.