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Simple NAS hardware for home use? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Yo.

I'm new to the game. Like 2h fresh. I'm fairly technical, being a millennial and a programmer.

What I want to do, is to have a NAS server I can host movies from and watch them on my phone in my bed - or on my projector.

Extra points if I could host my ebooks and music there and run a torrent client. Extra extra points if I could connect to it from outside my home network (and stream)

I've read about about Plex and Jellyfin.

I'm here to ask you about hardware advice.

Will QNAP or Synology be enough for my needs and can I install custom software there? I don't really want to create hardware from scratch.

Google says yes, but I trust reddit and random articles like I trust a fox not to eat chickens.

Edit: preferably something with WOL that goes silent and fanless when not in use, or something I can shut down with a button

Edit: thanks everyone, right now I'm thinking of using GMKTec or QNAP and am comparing options, prices and number of issues people have on the internet. I'm not a hobbyist and the less I have to work on it the better.

Edit: I've ordered GMKTec NucBox G3 Plus 16 GB 1T for 195$ from their site as my starter kit. Should work for my needs.

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[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also in my experience the raspberry pi isn't all that great for a NAS considering you are reliant on using USB hard drives and also need a separate powered USB hub for them

[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Which Pi did you try? Since the Pi4/CM4 (can even work with SAS drives) and especially with the Pi5 you can build some nicely performing NASes.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think I used a Pi 4B, either the 8 or 2 GiB model because that's what I had lying around.

I never tried a compute module but instead upgraded to a lenovo tiny pc.