It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TestFlightBeta on 2025-01-18 11:24:18.

I want to keep my 2-disk and 6-disk JBOD in the balcony since the drives are way too loud to keep in my room. Conveniently, the router happens to be near the balcony.

I want to be able to access them as if they were connected via two USB cables to my Mac mini. What's the cheapest way to achieve this?

Here are some things I considered:

1. Very long USB cables. Unfortunately the cables would have to route through someone else's room to the balcony, so this is a no go.
2. Buying an 8-drive NAS and connecting it to the router directly. This option looks like it would run me $800-1500.

Is there nothing cheaper than this?