I’ve been pretty happy with my Synology NAS. Literally trouble-free, worry-free, and “just works”. My only real complaint is them getting rid of features in the Photos app, which is why I’m still on their old OS.

But I’d probably build a second NAS on the cheap, just to see how it compares :)

What OS would you go with if you had to build one?

I ended up getting a Raspberry Pi 4 and the Argon Eon case. It all goes through one USB 3 channel however, and for some reason I am stuck at 10MB/s transfer speeds even though USB 3 standards support much more.

I would like a SBC which supports SATA. I suppose there is a the Raspberry Pi CM4, although there’s no cases for it to support multiple drives