Have 40tb of PLEX movies/shows already downloaded from the *arrs on 2 22tb drives using my Home PC. Looking to upgrade to a dedicated Plex server that consists of a Intel NUC (13 Pro,NUC13ANHi5) and a qnap Rack NAS(QNAP TS-873AeU, $1322) or rack jbod(Qnap TL-R1200C, $909, usb version that plugs into nuc).
Already made up my mind on qnap rack(future proofing, prefer the rackmount to desktop due to spacing, need flat/thin and wide, not square box) and nuc but dont know about nas vs jbod. Theres a 400$ difference between the nas and jbod and trying to figure out if i even need the nas version if i use a nuc. Since the unraid will run on the Nuc and the nas will just be treated like a hard drive, would the jbod version be the same thing essentially since its just being used as a hard drive? They look to have similar features minus all the hardware cpu etc. Just little confused on this and dont know if i need nas since the nuc has all the computing power anyways. Perhaps theres a benefit to using the nas and nuc and a necessity for the cpu on the nas alongside cpu on nuc?
edit: second question, am i able to plug in the hard drives with the content on them right away or does plugging them into the nas/jbod connected the the nuc require a wipe of all drives, meaning id need an additional 2 drives to do the transfer?