2023-06-21, 11:42 PM
If you're feeling adventurous, building your own "NAS" is also an option. Most of the x86 equipped Synology and QNAP products use some variety of Intel Atom processor. Asrock, and others, make mini-ITX Intel Atom barebone boards. I have an Asrock J4205-ITX.
Building your own NAS gives you more hardware and OSes to choose from. You can probably build from second hand parts more cheaply, too. If you do go this route, just make sure the board you choose has more than 1 SATA port. For some reason, a lot of mini-ITX Intel Atom boards only have one.
Building your own NAS gives you more hardware and OSes to choose from. You can probably build from second hand parts more cheaply, too. If you do go this route, just make sure the board you choose has more than 1 SATA port. For some reason, a lot of mini-ITX Intel Atom boards only have one.