Looking for some advice on my journey to expand my local storage. Currently, I have a mini PC running my Arr setup with Plex and I have an external enclosure with a HDD connected through USB. I can reliably push 4K to my Android TV. This is the system’s only use and purpose.

I need to continue to be able to Hardlink files so that I can seed back while Arr programs are sorting and renaming for Plex.

I’m not too concerned with a file backup solution or relying on this setup for sharing important files across my home network.

Would a DAS be sufficient for this? Is there any reason I should avoid this and invest in a NAS solution?

  • @just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6•10 months ago

    Depends on what you’re running on your current solution I suppose. There’s no real appreciable difference between either. A NAS is just an OS with a storage array, and hooking a disk array up to your current solution is essentially the same thing. One benefit of a productized NAS would be simplicity for managing storage and apps made for the device, and I guess community. Rolling your own is just that difference. Plenty of FOSS solutions for building your NAS to simplify that as well.

    • @lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3•10 months ago

      I may go down the DAS path then. I was eyeing a QNAP 4-Bay DAS. Perhaps a NAS later on if I’m in need of a home network storage solution that is a bit cleaner and user friendly.

          • @code@lemmy.zipEnglish
            4•10 months ago

            Qnap has had some MAJOR security issues. If you get it block the shit out of in. Meaning no way to let it in/out of your network.

            Im a big fan of synology. Had a qnap and bolted after all thier crap. Syno interfaces are mich better imho

            • @lessthanthree@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
              4•10 months ago

              Any models of DAS that you recommend? Looking for a 4-Bay

              Edit: Would security flaws be an issue for something like a DAS though? The DAS wouldn’t have anything running on it. It would just be a big ol’ dumb external HDD. Right?

              • @code@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1•10 months ago

                Sorry cant help with das recco. Sabrent makes decent stuff i have a external that has 4 2.5 bays that i fill with older ssds when i cycle them out.

                And yea a pure das should not be a secuiry issue