I am using several USB 3 HDD currently as data storage, mainly for media that I play via Nvidia Shield / Kodi. I directly connect the external HDD to the shield to watch something or connect it to my PC to copy over new media. Now that I am running out of storage space on the external drive, I am thinking should I just buy another external HDD?
Pro: Cheap and easy
Con: Not sexy, have to remember which drive is which, does not scale
Or should I build my own NAS ?
Pro: Stuff to tinker with (i like that), scales way beyond what ill ever need, no more running around with external drives in my home
Con: more expensive, slower (?), constant power draw
Would like your opinion, what would you do? Also, how fast is transfer speed via NAS realistically going to be? It would be connected to the Nvidia Shield via Gigabit Ethernet.