HI all
So my trusted Synology DS214 play just celebrated 10 years this month! While it is still working properly, the 2 bay HDDs are filling up, and another annoyances stack up as well.
I have been reading posts on this and other subs for a while now, but the more I read the more I question what I would really need. While I am a software dev, and know just enough about hardware to build my own, I absolutely don't like spending my time on maintenance.
My use case is fairly simple:
- backup for my phone files
- serve media files to my PC (mostly docs and pics) and my jellyfin server (on an N100 beelink)
- Probably don't need a fancy RAID setup. Important files are backed up daily, and losing my media library would suck, but it wouldnt be the end of the world.
- Noise is not a big concern as the NAS sits in the pantry
- Low power consumption
- Would like WOL/auto-suspend
I would allow myself a budget of maybe 500 USD / EUR. But I'd really rather spend as little as possible and put more of this into other hobbies.
Given the above, what would you consider the best way to go?
- Keep the DS214 and just upgrade the HDDs?
- Use my current XPS 8940 and convert it to a NAS (would give me an excuse to finally build myself a new rig)
- Building a custom NAS (I have seen the NAS-Killer guides)
- Getting an OTS NAS like Synology or QNAP from ebay
- Perhaps RPi + external HDD + OMV?
- Something else? (Like using the Beelink as the NAS as well, etc.)
Appreciate the help!