I’m trying to get some other perspectives in preparation for a potential new build.

I’m currently running Plex, Qbittorrent, the *arrs, Home Assistant, Klipper, and a few other things on a PC I built back in 2018. It’s in a Fractal Design Define R6 stuffed with 9 or 10 HDDs (JBOD, 8-14TB) but I’d like to move to something that’s more efficient power wise while also getting rid of the midtower case on my desk.

Thus far I’ve been leaning toward a Node 804 case with a new microATX board running Intel hardware so that I can ditch my GPU and hopefully use less power. I’ve also looked into NAS or DAS, but I find these too limiting with their fixed bay size and high cost. I’m not sure what else there is really other than a rack setup which is probably too much for my purposes.

What are all of you doing for your hardware solutions with large storage pools?