Thanks to this community I’ve learned and I’m feeling inspired. I’ve loved having an NAS for the last few years, but it’s woefully under powered for what I’m using it for these days.
So I’ve ordered some basic PC parts, gonna build a basic setup using an old CPU I got lying about and try the NAS OS I saw talked about on here recently.
TrueNAS looks like a good option with only slight fears it’ll go down the well known path to the dark side like so many free options before.
In any event, I’m looking forward to adding Nextcloud and Jellyfin, to trying out Docker and generally having more control over things.
Thanks again to you all for informing and inspiring.
I’ll be back if I get questions!
Oh yeah. I bet you’re feeling lucky you didn’t switch to Synology given the recent drama where they’re locking features down to their branded hard drives, which we all know are just up-charged drives from regular vendors.
What drive bay enclosure are you using btw and how does it connect to your Mac mini?
Never heard of dockge. I’ll have to check it out! I’ve just been using podman and docker-compose scripts.
Drive bay I’m using is a Sabrent DS-SC4B, connected via USB3. I’m currently collecting parts for an actual tower build based on a G4560T.